Re: OT: File compatibility issues with LAN drive

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:50:06 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A puzzler: When trying to unzip files on my LAN drive I get the error
message "Not a ZIP File". When clicking an *.XLS file on the LAN drive I
get the Windows error "Not a valid Win32 application". Well, I know it's
not an application. Harumph. Grumble.

Everything else works. Also when I copy those files over to a local PC
it's ok. The drive is a Western Digital MyBook and AFAIK the little PC
in this one runs Linux. Did anyone else have that happen with a Linux
file server? Any fixes? It's not a huge problem at all, just curious.

I was just sent an "xlsx" file. Google says it's some Micro***
perversion of XML and ZIP. My Excel 97 won't open it. Is there a way
to make it Excel 97 compatible and should I just send it back,
"Refused, Return to Sender" ?:-)

That format postdates Excel 97. Its Micosoft's 'Open XML' format (an
attempt to unseat Open Office formats) and probably isn't supported by
anything other than the latest Office (per)version.

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