What do I need to do to open my old Lotus WK4 files in Excel?

[Jim]

I am trying to open some old Lotus WK4 file. The new version of Excel will
not open them. What do I do?

 

[Jon Peltier]

Do you still have your old version of Excel? You'll have to open and convert
the files to a format the new version will read, then open them in the new
version.

- Jon

 

[Jim]

I still have my old computer running Windows 2000 Pro. When I try to open
the WK4 files with it, I get the following message "You are attempting to
open a file type that is blocked by your registry policy setting."

Can I get around this?

 

[Jon Peltier]

Who has set this policy? Is it your company's IT department? Or was it
perhaps a helpful security update?

- Jon

 

[Jim]

It's my computer and I didn't set it. Probably a "helpful security update".

 

[Bob I]

Read all of this as it covers those files
Information about certain file types that are blocked after you install
Office 2003 Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/en-us

 

[Jim]

Thanks, it worked. Now all I have to do is convert all of the WK4 files to
XLS and then transfer them to the new computer.

Thanks again.

 

[Jon Peltier]

You had no better plans for the evening, right?

- Jon

 

[Bob I]

You're welcome. Have a good day!

Thanks, it worked. Now all I have to do is convert all of the WK4 files to
XLS and then transfer them to the new computer.

Thanks again.

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