Office 2007 Compatibility Pack Updates?

[deomsh]

FileFormatConverters.exe is version 12.0.6500.5000,  the version number 12.0.6514.5001 is after installation.

All names for the same, but compatibilitypacksp3-kb2526297-fullfile-en-us.exe is latest update. I can't remember if it can be used  standalone.

BTW you can open these packs with 7z if you want to see what's inside.

Edited July 27, 2024 by deomsh
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[j7n]

I have installed Office 2000 SP-3 and the XML format compatibility pack for opening DOCX and XLSX files. The operating system is 2008 R2 x64. Lately this setup cannot open anything. I remember it worked in the past, but I used  it very rarely. "There was an error opening file." from Microsoft Word. Has the DOCX format changed recently or is my installation broken? What is the talk of updates here? Can I get a new version that works?

[deomsh]

Please give more exact and accurate information!

I use Office 2003 with Windows 10 x64, no problems with Compatibility pack. But this Compatibility pack can not open all docx-files (more specs are *somewhere* on the Internet).

For now I made you a test file in Word, saved as docx with Compatibility pack.

Feel free to try. 

Test file for Compatibility pack.docx

Edited 3 hours ago by deomsh

[NotHereToPlayGames]

My Office is 2007, so I may not be of much help.

But maybe this will fix your issue (article cites your exact issue but on Windows 2000)  --  https://superuser.com/questions/1504407/office-2003-cant-open-newer-office-files

More specifically, solution was to use "version 2" of the compatibility pack (linked in superuser article)  --  https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/microsoft-office-compatbility-pack/download

Edited 2 hours ago by NotHereToPlayGames

[j7n]

I had a compatibility pack v4 from 2009 and was unable to open this example file. Registering ole32.dll didn't resolve the problem. The event log has a report saying that Wordconv.exe had crashed every time I try to open a DOCX. Unfortunately on my system crashes are silent like that.

Installing this older compatibility pack v2 from 2006 was sucessful. I can now open the files I have on hand including this test file with my avatar. I do remember this pack v4 actually working because it is the only one I have. But that was on 32-bit WinXP.

I was not able to open a new thread in this forum, which I initially wanted to do. I remember that was discussed some months ago. The error from the forum was "something went wrong".

Edited 1 hour ago by j7n