Question posted by richexGT7 on November 28th, 2015

Word 2007 Creates Corrupt Files

We use Word 2007. We have basic .TXT files (with .LST extensions that we give them) that we open and save into .DOCX format. If we simply open the files, choose the .DOCX option and save, the files will not open and Word says they are corrupt. The saved files have .LST.DOCX extentions. This happens on a local laptop hard drive.Does anyone know why this would happen?We've had other files become corrupt without being certain why. Are there issues with delayed writes locally, over a network or involving NAS devices that may contribute to this? We use two NAS file servers.This is very concerning because we have had large documents suddenly become corrupt.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Answer #1: Posted by TommyKervz on November 28th, 2015 5:38 AM
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Follow the instructions on the link below to fix the error.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/918429


Hope that is helpful.
Kervz at www.satechhelp.co.za

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