Re: Problem with renaming Word documents

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From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_NOSPAMmvps.org)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:39:09 +0100

What happens if you select the filename and press F2 ?
I am unable to reproduce this problem.
What was the virus? 

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     Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
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  Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> Graham, thank you for your reply.  I had Norton Anti-virus
> and AdAware both installed and updated them on a daily
> basis ... but a virus still got through.  The reformat I
> had to do is the first time in over 15 years that I had
> take such a drastic step ... and it was no fun.
>
> I am also aware of Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder
> Options/View and then enabling Hide Known Extensions.  I
> have not enabled the Hide Known Extensions because that
> affets all of my files on the computer.  I just want to be
> able to delete the extensions in WORD. As I said
> previously, I was able to do that before the re-install.
>
> Any suggestions??
>
> Milt Beychok
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I hope your computer is not back to pre-virus state or
> you will be back in
>> virus country again very soon. Install some antivirus software and
>> keep it updated regularly - preferably daily if the software updates
>> are available. Also check your computer regularly for spyware using
>> AdAware or SpyBot. You'd be surprised what accumulates - even when
>> you are careful and aware of the issues.
>>
>> The renaming files business is a recipe for disaster. If you need to
>> use a document as a template for other documents then save it
> as a template and
>> create new documents from it.
>>
>> You can only rename files and lose the extension if you display the
>> extensions by setting that option in Windows Explorer.
>>
>> --
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>>     Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
>>
>>      Web site www.gmayor.com
>>  Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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>>
>>
>> Milton Beychok wrote:
>>> I have been using Word 97 for some years and my operating
>>> system is Windows XP Home.  Recently, a virus messed up my
>>> computer and I had to reformat the hard disc and re-
>>> install all my programs.  All is now back to pre-virus
>>> conditions and working well with one minor, but irritating
>>> exception.
>>>
>>> Prior to to my reformat and reinstalling, I had specified
>>> that Word save all of my Word documents in a directory I
>>> had created named "My Word Docs"... and I did the same
>>> after the reinstalling.
>>>
>>> [b]Prior to the reinstalling[/b], whenever I created and
>>> saved a new Word document , it was saved into "My Word
>>> Docs" with a .doc extension (for
>>> example, "Miscellaneous.doc").  Then I could exit that new
>>> document and open the directory window (File/Open) [b]
>>> while still in Word[/b] and right click on that new .doc
>>> file and use Rename to rename the file without any
>>> extension (for example, "Miscellaneous") ... simply
>>> because I prefer the directory listings that way.
>>> Whenever I had a special need to have the .doc extension
>>> (as when e-mailing a document), I could easily rename the
>>> file again as "Miscellaneous.doc".
>>>
>>> [b]After the reinstalling[/b], for some unknown reason, I
>>> can no longer rename any files so as to eliminate
> the .doc
>>> extension.  I have tried everything I can think of to let
>>> me rename files from within Word so as to eliminate
>>> the .doc extension ... but no luck!
>>>
>>> The only thing I can think of is that the new Normal.dot
>>> file installed during the re-install is somehow different
>>> than the Normal.dot file I had before the reinstall.
>>>
>>> Can any tell me how get back to what I was able to do
>>> before the reinstall??
>>>
>>> As one further piece of information, I can exit Word
>>> completely, go to my "My Word Docs" directory using
>>> Windows Explorer and rename any files so as to exclude
>>> the .doc extension and that works okay.  But I cannot do
>>> it from within Word as I was able to do before the re-
>>> install.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate your help,
>>>
>>> Milton Beychok
>>> mbeychok@xxx.net (replace xxx with cox)
>>
>>
>> .

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