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cannot open an existing file in excel 2003
I installed powerpoint from my Office 97 cd and now I can't open my existing
workbook in Excel 2003. Excel 2003 was installed on my new computer. I have uninstalled Powerpoint from the Office 97 and did a system restore to the time before this installation. I don't know how to retreive my workbook! "-( |
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cannot open an existing file in excel 2003
Are you talking about just one computer here? I think you are, but want to
make sure. Can you open Excel at all? I ask because you said "Excel 2003 was..." the operative word being 'was'. Sounds to me like you have a couple of options: Reinstall Office 2003 with Excel 2003 and hopefully regain control of Excel and .xls files, or Unistall the 97 stuff AND the 2003 stuff. Wipe out the Microsoft Office folder under My Programs. Install the full Office 97 suite, choosing a folder name like Office97 instead of the default when you do install it. Then install Office 2003 again, accepting the default installation locations. Generally they can reside on the same machine in some kind of harmony if you'll keep the paths separated like that. The key is that the older version of Office (applies also if you're trying to get multiple bootable versions of Windows onto one machine) must be installed FIRST followed by newer versions in sequence. One thing to look into would be to get a copy of VirtualPC 2004 (free from Microsoft) and set up a virtual machine to put your Office 97 package in. You'll need a licensed copy of an operating system for the virtual machine also. Then you could have your 'real' machine running Office 2003 and the virtual machine available for use when you need Office 97 tools and applications and they definitely won't interfere with one another when set up like that. "chughes" wrote: I installed powerpoint from my Office 97 cd and now I can't open my existing workbook in Excel 2003. Excel 2003 was installed on my new computer. I have uninstalled Powerpoint from the Office 97 and did a system restore to the time before this installation. I don't know how to retreive my workbook! "-( |
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cannot open an existing file in excel 2003
Yes, JLatham, one computer. I recently purchased a Dell and Excel 2003 was
already installed as part of the software offering. I had Office 97 and just wanted to install Powerpoint. What a mess! Because I needed to retreive my business spreadsheet quickly, I ended up using my template and reinstalled all the data needed after loading my backup copy. I was lucky and only had to retype one day's worth of data. The program (Excel) had no problem opening and just wouldn't open the xls file I needed. ... kept saying a version of that file was already opened????? One thing that really confused me: I backup everyday to a CD-RW and a 3 1/2 floppy. The 'now useless' 3 1/2 is what saved my butt. The CD-RW backup wouldn't open and said it was a read only. That was just an added issue to my real problem. Thanks for the reply. It's the first time I posted a question and I didn't know what to expect for a response. I was in a panic, for sure! "JLatham" wrote: Are you talking about just one computer here? I think you are, but want to make sure. Can you open Excel at all? I ask because you said "Excel 2003 was..." the operative word being 'was'. Sounds to me like you have a couple of options: Reinstall Office 2003 with Excel 2003 and hopefully regain control of Excel and .xls files, or Unistall the 97 stuff AND the 2003 stuff. Wipe out the Microsoft Office folder under My Programs. Install the full Office 97 suite, choosing a folder name like Office97 instead of the default when you do install it. Then install Office 2003 again, accepting the default installation locations. Generally they can reside on the same machine in some kind of harmony if you'll keep the paths separated like that. The key is that the older version of Office (applies also if you're trying to get multiple bootable versions of Windows onto one machine) must be installed FIRST followed by newer versions in sequence. One thing to look into would be to get a copy of VirtualPC 2004 (free from Microsoft) and set up a virtual machine to put your Office 97 package in. You'll need a licensed copy of an operating system for the virtual machine also. Then you could have your 'real' machine running Office 2003 and the virtual machine available for use when you need Office 97 tools and applications and they definitely won't interfere with one another when set up like that. "chughes" wrote: I installed powerpoint from my Office 97 cd and now I can't open my existing workbook in Excel 2003. Excel 2003 was installed on my new computer. I have uninstalled Powerpoint from the Office 97 and did a system restore to the time before this installation. I don't know how to retreive my workbook! "-( |
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Glad you got things straightened out.
Here's the deal on the CD-RW being marked as Read Only. Unless you have the CD-RW formatted up with a program like Nero's InCD or a similar program in the Roxio Easy CD Creator package (I forget the name right now), then the CD-RW is treated by Windows as a regular write-once-only CD. And on those, files are marked as Read Only because they are read only on a regular CD. What you do with those is copy them from the CD to the hard drive and then go to the file, right-click on its filename and choose [Properties] and there you can clear the Read Only setting for the copy of the file on the hard drive. "chughes" wrote: Yes, JLatham, one computer. I recently purchased a Dell and Excel 2003 was already installed as part of the software offering. I had Office 97 and just wanted to install Powerpoint. What a mess! Because I needed to retreive my business spreadsheet quickly, I ended up using my template and reinstalled all the data needed after loading my backup copy. I was lucky and only had to retype one day's worth of data. The program (Excel) had no problem opening and just wouldn't open the xls file I needed. ... kept saying a version of that file was already opened????? One thing that really confused me: I backup everyday to a CD-RW and a 3 1/2 floppy. The 'now useless' 3 1/2 is what saved my butt. The CD-RW backup wouldn't open and said it was a read only. That was just an added issue to my real problem. Thanks for the reply. It's the first time I posted a question and I didn't know what to expect for a response. I was in a panic, for sure! "JLatham" wrote: Are you talking about just one computer here? I think you are, but want to make sure. Can you open Excel at all? I ask because you said "Excel 2003 was..." the operative word being 'was'. Sounds to me like you have a couple of options: Reinstall Office 2003 with Excel 2003 and hopefully regain control of Excel and .xls files, or Unistall the 97 stuff AND the 2003 stuff. Wipe out the Microsoft Office folder under My Programs. Install the full Office 97 suite, choosing a folder name like Office97 instead of the default when you do install it. Then install Office 2003 again, accepting the default installation locations. Generally they can reside on the same machine in some kind of harmony if you'll keep the paths separated like that. The key is that the older version of Office (applies also if you're trying to get multiple bootable versions of Windows onto one machine) must be installed FIRST followed by newer versions in sequence. One thing to look into would be to get a copy of VirtualPC 2004 (free from Microsoft) and set up a virtual machine to put your Office 97 package in. You'll need a licensed copy of an operating system for the virtual machine also. Then you could have your 'real' machine running Office 2003 and the virtual machine available for use when you need Office 97 tools and applications and they definitely won't interfere with one another when set up like that. "chughes" wrote: I installed powerpoint from my Office 97 cd and now I can't open my existing workbook in Excel 2003. Excel 2003 was installed on my new computer. I have uninstalled Powerpoint from the Office 97 and did a system restore to the time before this installation. I don't know how to retreive my workbook! "-( |
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