A file was emailed to me yesterday. I tried to open it last night. Firefox sent it to a special "Downloads" window, as it does, and when I double-clicked on it, it was saved to the desktop. Okay. Done this before.
I went to the desktop and clicked on the file. File did not open. File offered to save in .docx or .docm. This has never happened before. File will save in either format, but will not open.
I don't have Microsoft Office; I downloaded OpenOffice instead. I opened OpenOffice and tried to open the file that way. File would still not open. OpenOffice claims file is corrupted.
I downloaded the latest version of OpenOffice. I downloaded the latest version of Firefox. I downloaded the file again. Not a damned thing has changed.
Someone on the OpenOffice support site suggested changing the name of the OpenOffice file. I tried. It wouldn't let me.
What in all hell is going on here, and how can I fix it?
I went to the desktop and clicked on the file. File did not open. File offered to save in .docx or .docm. This has never happened before. File will save in either format, but will not open.
I don't have Microsoft Office; I downloaded OpenOffice instead. I opened OpenOffice and tried to open the file that way. File would still not open. OpenOffice claims file is corrupted.
I downloaded the latest version of OpenOffice. I downloaded the latest version of Firefox. I downloaded the file again. Not a damned thing has changed.
Someone on the OpenOffice support site suggested changing the name of the OpenOffice file. I tried. It wouldn't let me.
What in all hell is going on here, and how can I fix it?
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