Ms Works Installation 2019

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  1. QwertyRepublic

    QwertyRepublic Private E-2

    At the risk of sounding WAY OFF BASE (and old-school), I just installed MS Works on Win 7. I found some old *.wps files from my Win98 or XP days. Couldn't get them open or find a converter that wanted to "play" with. So I came here with my Geek helmet on and wouldn't you know, I found a download link for MS Works 7. Haha! It opened about 50% of them. PSpad opened them but very hard to read that way. I also installed the converter for MS Word 2007. Word "kinda" works but there's garbage characters to overlook. I find it amusing, and I know y'all will too, that I have installed an old word processor that's about say 25 years obsolete? I may just be set in my ways. Anyone else here like that??

    Mr. Phil
     
    QwertyRepublic, Sep 17, 2019
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  2. baklogic

    baklogic The Tinkerer

    Did you try to install your old Works in compatibility mode in Windows 7 when you did it?
     
    baklogic, Sep 17, 2019
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  3. QwertyRepublic

    QwertyRepublic Private E-2

    I didn't have the setup. It was version 2.0. I did try to RUN it in comp-pat mode though. But no success. It was thrilling to see old documents that I, my wife (recipes), and my son had written over 25 years ago. Thanks for asking!
     
    QwertyRepublic, Sep 17, 2019
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  4. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    How did you install MS Works without the setup file?
     
    Eldon, Sep 18, 2019
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  5. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    He said
    I was very happy to get away from Works years ago.
    I had to do a lot of converting to get a database (my husband's over 800 members of his hs graduating class) from one thing (I forget what the gal who was keeping the db used but it was something used in an office and it wasn't MS Office) to Works and then to something else. I probably converted it to QuatroPro because my husband used the WordPerfect Suite a lot.
    Now all the db are in Excel and I can work on them in Office on my husband's computer or LibreOffice on my computer.

    I did convert them to pdf so other members on my hs reunion committee (603 in my class) can view them. They don't need to edit - that's my job. I email the pdf so they view on iPads or phones with no problem.
     
    plodr, Sep 18, 2019
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  6. QwertyRepublic

    QwertyRepublic Private E-2

    I found the download link to MS Works V. 7 --HERE-- on Majorgeeks. I couldn't install V. 2 which is probably in some cab file on floppy disks I have stuck inside a box in my storage space. LOL!
     
    QwertyRepublic, Sep 23, 2019
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  7. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Eldon, Sep 23, 2019
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  8. Speculant

    Speculant The Confused One

    I can confirm that Zamzar usually gives pretty solid results. They offer a free service, however if you want to convert especially large files (or a large number of files) they will force you to use a paid plan.
     
    Speculant, Sep 26, 2019
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  9. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I found a converter that changes wps files to doc files. It works on Works version 6 and earlier. If you want it for those old v 2 files, post back and I will upload it to my google drive so you can grab it.
     
    plodr, Sep 26, 2019
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