I write financial spreadsheets for the churches in our diocese. Therefore
many have relatively old PCs with older versions of Office.
I would like to have two versions of Office on my PC as some macros written
in Excel 2003 will not work in 2000 ( It always works the other way round!)

I have all the correct CDs for the two versions of Office
I run Office Profesional Enterprise edition on my new PC, and I have the
discs etc for the Office 2000 from my old (dead!) Windows 98 PC

1) Can I do this please ?
2) If yes - how do I do it without the old 2000 affecting the newer 2003 - I
have plenty of spare hard drive space ., and the hard drive is partitioned

Thanks for any help

Paul

Not recommended. Best solution would be to use Virtual PC, which allows you
to create a virtual machine and install Office 2000 on that.


"prb5" wrote in message
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I write financial spreadsheets for the churches in our diocese. Therefore
many have relatively old PCs with older versions of Office.
I would like to have two versions of Office on my PC as some macros
written
in Excel 2003 will not work in 2000 ( It always works the other way
round!)

I have all the correct CDs for the two versions of Office
I run Office Profesional Enterprise edition on my new PC, and I have the
discs etc for the Office 2000 from my old (dead!) Windows 98 PC

1) Can I do this please ?
2) If yes - how do I do it without the old 2000 affecting the newer 2003 -
I
have plenty of spare hard drive space ., and the hard drive is partitioned

Thanks for any help

Paul

Jim Cone December 2002, Modified June 11, 2003
When installing / using multiple versions of MS suites or applications:

1. Install the oldest version first
2. Install each version in a separate folder. '<<< Very Important
3. If you want to keep your start menu shortcuts then rename them
before installing a newer version.
4. Do a custom install and do not overwrite/replace the older
versions. However...
5. Only one version of Outlook can be installed on a single
operating system.
6. You specify the default version of the application by
registering it using 'Start | Run'.
Enter the full file path and name of the program.
Note that /regserver is outside the quote marks...
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /regserver
The above registers Excel 97 as the default on most systems.
Change the file path / file name as appropriate.
If you don't register the application then the last version
installed becomes the default.
7. Do Not run multiple application versions at the same time.
Close one before opening the other.
(some people say multiple versions open at the same time run just fine)
8. MS knowledge base articles follow in no particular order:
292491 - Office Automation When Multiple Versions of Office Are Installed
290576 - OffXP: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office
218861 - Off2000: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office
214388 - XL2000: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Excel
292584 - OffXP: Setup Overwrites Start Menu Items from Earlier Versions of office
210391 - Off2000: Setup May Remove Older Components

(Just in case)
233499 How To Change the Company Name and User Name After Setup
290528 How To: Change the Company Name and User Name in an Office XP Program
280546 User Name And Company Name In Splash Screen Different From Names In "About" Dialog Box
310441 How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP
'--

Note: I have four Excel versions installed in separate folders in C:\Program Files...
Microsoft Office; Microsoft Office 2000; Microsoft Office 2002; Microsoft Office 2003.
"Microsoft Office" is the default folder for xl97. The other folders I added.
'--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)




"prb5"
wrote in message
I write financial spreadsheets for the churches in our diocese. Therefore
many have relatively old PCs with older versions of Office.
I would like to have two versions of Office on my PC as some macros written
in Excel 2003 will not work in 2000 ( It always works the other way round!)

I have all the correct CDs for the two versions of Office
I run Office Profesional Enterprise edition on my new PC, and I have the
discs etc for the Office 2000 from my old (dead!) Windows 98 PC

1) Can I do this please ?
2) If yes - how do I do it without the old 2000 affecting the newer 2003 - I
have plenty of spare hard drive space ., and the hard drive is partitioned

Thanks for any help
Paul

Thank you Castell and Jim Cone

I will reread both and then CAREFULLY decide what to do - they look good ,
but maybe a bit difficult !

Paul

"Jim Cone" wrote:

Jim Cone December 2002, Modified June 11, 2003
When installing / using multiple versions of MS suites or applications:

1. Install the oldest version first
2. Install each version in a separate folder. '<<< Very Important
3. If you want to keep your start menu shortcuts then rename them
before installing a newer version.
4. Do a custom install and do not overwrite/replace the older
versions. However...
5. Only one version of Outlook can be installed on a single
operating system.
6. You specify the default version of the application by
registering it using 'Start | Run'.
Enter the full file path and name of the program.
Note that /regserver is outside the quote marks...
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /regserver
The above registers Excel 97 as the default on most systems.
Change the file path / file name as appropriate.
If you don't register the application then the last version
installed becomes the default.
7. Do Not run multiple application versions at the same time.
Close one before opening the other.
(some people say multiple versions open at the same time run just fine)
8. MS knowledge base articles follow in no particular order:
292491 - Office Automation When Multiple Versions of Office Are Installed
290576 - OffXP: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office
218861 - Off2000: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office
214388 - XL2000: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Excel
292584 - OffXP: Setup Overwrites Start Menu Items from Earlier Versions of office
210391 - Off2000: Setup May Remove Older Components

(Just in case)
233499 How To Change the Company Name and User Name After Setup
290528 How To: Change the Company Name and User Name in an Office XP Program
280546 User Name And Company Name In Splash Screen Different From Names In "About" Dialog Box
310441 How to Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XP
'--

Note: I have four Excel versions installed in separate folders in C:\Program Files...
Microsoft Office; Microsoft Office 2000; Microsoft Office 2002; Microsoft Office 2003.
"Microsoft Office" is the default folder for xl97. The other folders I added.
'--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)




"prb5"
wrote in message
I write financial spreadsheets for the churches in our diocese. Therefore
many have relatively old PCs with older versions of Office.
I would like to have two versions of Office on my PC as some macros written
in Excel 2003 will not work in 2000 ( It always works the other way round!)

I have all the correct CDs for the two versions of Office
I run Office Profesional Enterprise edition on my new PC, and I have the
discs etc for the Office 2000 from my old (dead!) Windows 98 PC

1) Can I do this please ?
2) If yes - how do I do it without the old 2000 affecting the newer 2003 - I
have plenty of spare hard drive space ., and the hard drive is partitioned

Thanks for any help
Paul