In a folder, R-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Doc produces a 0-byte file

[Guest John Hupp]

I'll begin by noting that this seems like a Windows problem rather than a

WordPerfect problem, since a complete uninstall/reinstall of WordPerfect

with Registry scrubbing and manual deletion of program file locations (in

Program Files and <user profile>\Application Data) did not solve the

problem.

 

Also, I do not have the problem with Quattro Pro (another app in the

WordPerfect suite).

 

To the problem:

 

In a folder, if I Right-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Document, a 0-byte file

is created (New WordPerfect Document.wpd).

 

If I then try to open that file - without WordPerfect running - by

double-clicking on it, I get a WordPerfect error:

The file "...New WordPerfect Document.wpd", as specified in the

execution parameters, cannot be opened.

 

If I try to open that file - with WordPerfect running - by double-clicking

on it, or otherwise try to open the file from within WordPerfect, I get the

error:

Unknown file format.

 

For comparison, if I do the same to create a new Quattro Pro doc, a 4 KB

file is created and it opens fine.

 

Apart from the uninstall/reinstall, I also tried deleting the default

WordPerfect template so that it would generate a new one. That did not fix

the problem.

 

And since the first error message sounds like it involves DDE, I had a look

at the Windows Advanced File Type definitions for the Open action (there is

no Create or New action either for WordPerfect or Quattro Pro), and

WordPerfect and Quattro Pro definitions looked entirely equivalent with

these minor exceptions:

- For WordPerfect, the action name is &Open and is set as the Default

action, and the option to Browse In Same Window is inactive. Also inactive

is the Set Default button (you cannot undo Open as the Default action).

- For Quattro Pro, the action name is open and is not set as the Default,

the option to Browse In Same Window is active and selected, and the Set

Default button is available to use with the open action.

 

I wondered if the Windows File Type Open action is used to create the file

when R-Click: New is used in a folder, but I have just now deleted the

WordPerfect Open item, and the behavior is just as before. So Windows uses

another mechanism, and that is probably the issue here. Anyone know about

that?

 

By the way, I can R-Click: New and successfully create other file types.

 

--John Hupp

[Guest ju.c]

Re: In a folder, R-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Doc produces a 0-byte file

 

Sound like your default wpt template is corrupt. Here's what I've found:

 

..wpt extension:

"Template for creating WordPerfect (.WPD) documents; typically a

pre-formatted document that can be used to create many similar documents,

such as resumes, business memos, mailing envelopes, etc."

 

WordPerfect Rename Template 1.0 2.2 MB (Freeware)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/WordPerfect-Quick-Fix-Rename-Default-Template.shtml

"WordPerfect Quick Fix, Rename WordPerfect Template.

Used when WordPerfect will not open or will not start."

 

 

ju.c

 

 

"John Hupp" <msnews@prpcompany.com> wrote in message news:Ol88w$4LJHA.6000@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> I'll begin by noting that this seems like a Windows problem rather than a

> WordPerfect problem, since a complete uninstall/reinstall of WordPerfect

> with Registry scrubbing and manual deletion of program file locations (in

> Program Files and <user profile>\Application Data) did not solve the

> problem.

>

> Also, I do not have the problem with Quattro Pro (another app in the

> WordPerfect suite).

>

> To the problem:

>

> In a folder, if I Right-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Document, a 0-byte file

> is created (New WordPerfect Document.wpd).

>

> If I then try to open that file - without WordPerfect running - by

> double-clicking on it, I get a WordPerfect error:

> The file "...New WordPerfect Document.wpd", as specified in the

> execution parameters, cannot be opened.

>

> If I try to open that file - with WordPerfect running - by double-clicking

> on it, or otherwise try to open the file from within WordPerfect, I get the

> error:

> Unknown file format.

>

> For comparison, if I do the same to create a new Quattro Pro doc, a 4 KB

> file is created and it opens fine.

>

> Apart from the uninstall/reinstall, I also tried deleting the default

> WordPerfect template so that it would generate a new one. That did not fix

> the problem.

>

> And since the first error message sounds like it involves DDE, I had a look

> at the Windows Advanced File Type definitions for the Open action (there is

> no Create or New action either for WordPerfect or Quattro Pro), and

> WordPerfect and Quattro Pro definitions looked entirely equivalent with

> these minor exceptions:

> - For WordPerfect, the action name is &Open and is set as the Default

> action, and the option to Browse In Same Window is inactive. Also inactive

> is the Set Default button (you cannot undo Open as the Default action).

> - For Quattro Pro, the action name is open and is not set as the Default,

> the option to Browse In Same Window is active and selected, and the Set

> Default button is available to use with the open action.

>

> I wondered if the Windows File Type Open action is used to create the file

> when R-Click: New is used in a folder, but I have just now deleted the

> WordPerfect Open item, and the behavior is just as before. So Windows uses

> another mechanism, and that is probably the issue here. Anyone know about

> that?

>

> By the way, I can R-Click: New and successfully create other file types.

>

> --John Hupp

>

>

[Guest John Hupp]

Re: In a folder, R-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Doc produces a 0-byte file

 

Thanks, ju.c, but as I mentioned in my first post, I already deleted the

original default template to make WordPerfect generate a new one.

Furthermore, I observe that WordPerfect creates new documents just fine from

within the program, so I don't think the template itself is the problem.

 

"ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailnator.com> wrote in message

news:%235FwbQ8LJHA.5648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Sound like your default wpt template is corrupt. Here's what I've found:

>

> .wpt extension:

> "Template for creating WordPerfect (.WPD) documents; typically a

> pre-formatted document that can be used to create many similar documents,

> such as resumes, business memos, mailing envelopes, etc."

>

> WordPerfect Rename Template 1.0 2.2 MB (Freeware)

> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/WordPerfect-Quick-Fix-Rename-Default-Template.shtml

> "WordPerfect Quick Fix, Rename WordPerfect Template. Used when WordPerfect

> will not open or will not start."

>

>

> ju.c

>

>

> "John Hupp" <msnews@prpcompany.com> wrote in message

> news:Ol88w$4LJHA.6000@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> I'll begin by noting that this seems like a Windows problem rather than a

>> WordPerfect problem, since a complete uninstall/reinstall of WordPerfect

>> with Registry scrubbing and manual deletion of program file locations (in

>> Program Files and <user profile>\Application Data) did not solve the

>> problem.

>>

>> Also, I do not have the problem with Quattro Pro (another app in the

>> WordPerfect suite).

>>

>> To the problem:

>>

>> In a folder, if I Right-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Document, a 0-byte

>> file is created (New WordPerfect Document.wpd).

>>

>> If I then try to open that file - without WordPerfect running - by

>> double-clicking on it, I get a WordPerfect error:

>> The file "...New WordPerfect Document.wpd", as specified in the

>> execution parameters, cannot be opened.

>>

>> If I try to open that file - with WordPerfect running - by

>> double-clicking on it, or otherwise try to open the file from within

>> WordPerfect, I get the error:

>> Unknown file format.

>>

>> For comparison, if I do the same to create a new Quattro Pro doc, a 4 KB

>> file is created and it opens fine.

>>

>> Apart from the uninstall/reinstall, I also tried deleting the default

>> WordPerfect template so that it would generate a new one. That did not

>> fix the problem.

>>

>> And since the first error message sounds like it involves DDE, I had a

>> look at the Windows Advanced File Type definitions for the Open action

>> (there is no Create or New action either for WordPerfect or Quattro Pro),

>> and WordPerfect and Quattro Pro definitions looked entirely equivalent

>> with these minor exceptions:

>> - For WordPerfect, the action name is &Open and is set as the Default

>> action, and the option to Browse In Same Window is inactive. Also

>> inactive is the Set Default button (you cannot undo Open as the Default

>> action).

>> - For Quattro Pro, the action name is open and is not set as the Default,

>> the option to Browse In Same Window is active and selected, and the Set

>> Default button is available to use with the open action.

>>

>> I wondered if the Windows File Type Open action is used to create the

>> file when R-Click: New is used in a folder, but I have just now deleted

>> the WordPerfect Open item, and the behavior is just as before. So

>> Windows uses another mechanism, and that is probably the issue here.

>> Anyone know about that?

>>

>> By the way, I can R-Click: New and successfully create other file types.

>>

>> --John Hupp

[Guest Bob I]

Re: In a folder, R-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Doc produces a 0-bytefile

 

Re: In a folder, R-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Doc produces a 0-bytefile

 

Perhaps look in Folder Options, File Types, and in the entry for .wpd

lool in Advanced, New, Edit. Compare what you see there against the

entry for Quattro Pro. Windows simply calls the Program to create the

file, so there has to be something wrong with either the call, or the

way the program responds to it. If you don't see anything obvious, head

over to the Wordperfect support site and ask them.

 

John Hupp wrote:

> Thanks, ju.c, but as I mentioned in my first post, I already deleted the

> original default template to make WordPerfect generate a new one.

> Furthermore, I observe that WordPerfect creates new documents just fine from

> within the program, so I don't think the template itself is the problem.

>

> "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailnator.com> wrote in message

> news:%235FwbQ8LJHA.5648@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>

>>Sound like your default wpt template is corrupt. Here's what I've found:

>>

>>.wpt extension:

>>"Template for creating WordPerfect (.WPD) documents; typically a

>>pre-formatted document that can be used to create many similar documents,

>>such as resumes, business memos, mailing envelopes, etc."

>>

>>WordPerfect Rename Template 1.0 2.2 MB (Freeware)

>>http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/WordPerfect-Quick-Fix-Rename-Default-Template.shtml

>>"WordPerfect Quick Fix, Rename WordPerfect Template. Used when WordPerfect

>>will not open or will not start."

>>

>>

>>ju.c

>>

>>

>>"John Hupp" <msnews@prpcompany.com> wrote in message

>>news:Ol88w$4LJHA.6000@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>I'll begin by noting that this seems like a Windows problem rather than a

>>>WordPerfect problem, since a complete uninstall/reinstall of WordPerfect

>>>with Registry scrubbing and manual deletion of program file locations (in

>>>Program Files and <user profile>\Application Data) did not solve the

>>>problem.

>>>

>>>Also, I do not have the problem with Quattro Pro (another app in the

>>>WordPerfect suite).

>>>

>>>To the problem:

>>>

>>>In a folder, if I Right-Click: New: WordPerfect 12 Document, a 0-byte

>>>file is created (New WordPerfect Document.wpd).

>>>

>>>If I then try to open that file - without WordPerfect running - by

>>>double-clicking on it, I get a WordPerfect error:

>>> The file "...New WordPerfect Document.wpd", as specified in the

>>>execution parameters, cannot be opened.

>>>

>>>If I try to open that file - with WordPerfect running - by

>>>double-clicking on it, or otherwise try to open the file from within

>>>WordPerfect, I get the error:

>>> Unknown file format.

>>>

>>>For comparison, if I do the same to create a new Quattro Pro doc, a 4 KB

>>>file is created and it opens fine.

>>>

>>>Apart from the uninstall/reinstall, I also tried deleting the default

>>>WordPerfect template so that it would generate a new one. That did not

>>>fix the problem.

>>>

>>>And since the first error message sounds like it involves DDE, I had a

>>>look at the Windows Advanced File Type definitions for the Open action

>>>(there is no Create or New action either for WordPerfect or Quattro Pro),

>>>and WordPerfect and Quattro Pro definitions looked entirely equivalent

>>>with these minor exceptions:

>>>- For WordPerfect, the action name is &Open and is set as the Default

>>>action, and the option to Browse In Same Window is inactive. Also

>>>inactive is the Set Default button (you cannot undo Open as the Default

>>>action).

>>>- For Quattro Pro, the action name is open and is not set as the Default,

>>>the option to Browse In Same Window is active and selected, and the Set

>>>Default button is available to use with the open action.

>>>

>>>I wondered if the Windows File Type Open action is used to create the

>>>file when R-Click: New is used in a folder, but I have just now deleted

>>>the WordPerfect Open item, and the behavior is just as before. So

>>>Windows uses another mechanism, and that is probably the issue here.

>>>Anyone know about that?

>>>

>>>By the way, I can R-Click: New and successfully create other file types.

>>>

>>>--John Hupp

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