Peggy,
Thanks so much for clarifying your tip. I followed
your instructions, but I still can't open my
documents from the documents folder. They all have
the proper .cwk suffix, and AppleWorks has no trouble
opening them from its own file menu or when I use
command + O, so this it seems is different from the
problem of getting AppleWorks 6 to open AW 5 files.
What I find especially puzzling is that clicking on
the files in the documents folder does open
AppleWorks. It's just that AppleWorks won't open the
files from that location.
Other than Peggy's suggestion, the only other two possible reasons I could see for this behaviour are: 1) file corruption, and 2) the file permissions have been changed.
File corruption can't be the cause as you're able to open the file using the Cmd+O key combo.
You can check file permissions from the Finder by selecting an AppleWorks file and then choose the File > Get Info menu command. Look in the Ownership & Permissions section of the resulting window and ensure that 'You can Read & Write' the file.
NB Using Disk Utility's 'Repair Permissions' won't help here. It doesn't repair AppleWorks or AppleWorks documents.
This is very strange. From a technical point of view, using Cmd+O is exactly the same as double-clicking a file to open it. If my permissions suggestion doesn't help, it'd be great if you 'talk' us thru how you're double-clicking the AppleWorks file. The extra detail you provide might give us a clue as to what's happening. Thanks.
Dale