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Opening InkWriter/NoteTake PWI files
I believe the secret to success lies in the
installation of Microsoft Active Sync 4.5 - Apparently MASV4.5 installs pwiofcnv.dll
and pwireg.dll (perhaps among others) that have the ability to open and
'interpret' the internal file structure of a .PWI file -
I don't believe it makes any difference if you
actually intend to run MAS4.5 or not - or whether MAS4.5 will work or not on
your operating system - or whether MAS4.5 will actually sync a WM device - what
you need is those dll's which can 'read' the .pwi files -
After I installed MAS4.5, I was able to open MS Word
2000, click File|Open and select a .pwi file - the InkWriter/NoteTaker *.pwi
file type was added to the drop file type selector dialog box -
Likewise with Microsoft Works 9 Word Processer -
When I first ran ABC Amber Text Comverter (before
installing MAS4.5) and clicked on a .pwi file, the program balked and said to
install Microsoft Active Sync - After I installed MAS4.5, ANC Amber Text
Converter also opened .pwi files -
I don't know if a .pwi file that includes drawing
will display properly or not - I rarely used that feature and so far haven't
tripped over such a .pwi file in my collection - I also don't know if those
.pwi files with embedded sound will open properly or not -
FTR, I am running Win XP Professional Version 2002
Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2000 (I detest the ribbon bar) and Microsoft
Outlook 2003 (to get around the 2GB .PST folder limit) - I also have Works 9
installed and Amber Text Converter V5.06 -
I'm running WinXP SP3 - MAS4.5 allegedly runs in WinXP SP2 or less - I haven't attempted to run MAS4.5 - I have no need to. I used to have a Palm Treo with Windows Mobile on it some time ago, but it has long since been retired -