Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Doc file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type convert to dotx in the search box.
Press Convert.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.doc -c "convert to dotx" (how).
Let your AI agent convert Word for Windows 1.x/2.x Document to DOTX
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine. It works on Windows, macOS only.
“Convert the Word for Windows 1.x/2.x Document files in my Downloads folder to DOTX”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.doc -c "convert to dotx"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows and macOS. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert Word for Windows 1.x/2.x Document to DOTX?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.doc -c "convert to dotx" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
A Word for Windows 1.x/2.x document is a text document made with the first two versions of Microsoft Word for Windows (1989-1993). It predates the OLE-based .doc format of Word 6.0 and later.
A DOTX file is a template created by Microsoft Word, a word processing program. It contains default layouts and settings for a document, including styles, AutoText, toolbars, and macros. DOTX files are used as a baseline to create multiple .DOCX documents with the same formatting.
