MS works file extentions

I have a computer with a bunch files of the old MS file extentions; both .WPS and .XLR; The computer was recently reformatted so obviously all programs were lost and the customer does not have any of the installation media for MS works.

I installed OpenOffice but noticed that they still can't be read or opened.

I stumbled on the website Zamzar, which would work fine I'm sure but you can only do them one at a time and I have close to 200 files.

I also downloaded some MS Office Converter pack but after installation, I didn't see any program I could run and am unsure how to use the tool.

any help is greatly appriciated, thanks.

 

Hello,
Not sure about the XLR extension but LibreOffice 3.3 has an import filter for WPS files.

http://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/

Edit:
You can also use an online converter called Zamzar to convert WPS files but not XLR files.

 

I did some searching and there a two possible solutions for the XLR file. You can try to change the extension to XLS and see if it opens. If not, change the extension to CSV and try to open. You will lose all formatting though. You then may be able to import the csv file into a spreadsheet program.