Open Old Microsoft Publisher Files in Other Programs Hassle-Free PC By Rick Broida, Sep 15, 2009 7:18 am PDT ...

Another alternative is to use Apache’s Open-Office, a free suite of office software. Using OpenOffice’s Calc, a spreadsheet program, it opened an old Lotus .wk1 file easily.

To open the old File Explorer, all you have to do is go to your PC’s Control Panel and then switch to System and Security. There, select Windows Tools, which will automatically display the ...

Open the newly made file and confirm changes in the registry, then restart your computer. Voila, you now have the old File Explorer with its Ribbons and, let's be honest, fewer bugs and better ...

How to Open Publisher Files With OpenOffice. Although Apache's OpenOffice is compatible with the rest of the Microsoft Office suite, it cannot convert Microsoft Publisher files. Zamzar, an online ...

Next, you need to switch to the File Block Settings tab on the left side and ensure that the Open selected file types in Protceted View option is selected. If so, tick these two checkboxes ...

Normally, older Word files directly open in the latest version of Word. However, as with my very old AppleWorks files, these Word files apparently were too old for Word for Mac 2011 to handle.

Wow. It's been a long time since I've used MacDraw II. iirc, ClarisWorks used to be able to open MacDraw II files natively; pressumably that didn't change when ClarisWorks made the full loop back ...

Find the Taskmgr file and double-click it. There goes your old Task Manager from Windows 10. You can also right-click the file and select Show More Options > Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).

If you open an old Pages document in the new version of Pages, you can't open it again in the old one. And you can't send the file as an email attachment. Here are some suggested work-arounds.