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Lost Excel 5 files after upgrade to Officel 2003
I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I
upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and no Excel files. If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able to access old files? Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC? Barry |
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Hi Barry
Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files? Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and folders, and type in the names of these files. -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and no Excel files. If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able to access old files? Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC? Barry |
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Thanks Kassie - that worked. The problem is remembering the contents of
different files. Somewhere there must be a file list. At the moment if I go to "File" all I find are documents and spreadsheets created after the conversion. While it's now reassuring to know they are all in there somewhere, how do I get them to show up on the "file" in Office 2003? Cheers Barry "Kassie" wrote: Hi Barry Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files? Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and folders, and type in the names of these files. -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and no Excel files. If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able to access old files? Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC? Barry |
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Where did you store your files? They should still be there unless you stored them in a program folder, said program folder having been removed during the upgrade. Try a search (right-mouse the Start button, select EXPLORE, then right-mouse on the C: drive and select Search Enter the first part of one of your files, ie for MyFile.Doc you can put MyF*.* and then click the Search. You should always keep a separate copy of your files, what will you do if your C: breaks and is replaced with a new one? -- Bryan Hessey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Hessey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21059 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390145 |
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Hullo Again - I have been exploring and have found the original Word6 and
Excel5 programmes. When I click to open them I get the message Microsft Word (or Excel) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application. How do I do that? Cheers Barry "Kassie" wrote: Hi Barry Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files? Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and folders, and type in the names of these files. -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and no Excel files. If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able to access old files? Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC? Barry |
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Hi Barry
Don't go back in time my friend. Have you tried my last suggestion? -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: Hullo Again - I have been exploring and have found the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes. When I click to open them I get the message Microsft Word (or Excel) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application. How do I do that? Cheers Barry "Kassie" wrote: Hi Barry Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files? Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and folders, and type in the names of these files. -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and no Excel files. If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able to access old files? Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC? Barry |
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I found the original Programmes are in:- my computer/c
drive/programmes/office 10/ excel and word (the old design icons) If I click open I get the message described earlier. I can right click the icons and select - run as - and I get achoice of user. I have tried various and appropriate password for the current user mode but still cant access. The actual documents I found by taking your advice and searching for a known key word in the file name. This is a typical result c:\Documents and Settings\Otenz\My Documents\Rotary Youth Art Festival\2005 Project. Otenz is my company name and the previous user name. If I go the File/Open -in Word2003 or Excel 2003 I can't access any of the old files no matter what route I select. Infact I can't find the path as above. When I try to open the old programmes I see they are labelled as unistalled version/unknown user. I am not an computer buff so it's not that easy. I think I may give up soon and lug the box off to a guru tomorrow ( well actually it's tomorrow now ! Cheers Barry "Kassie" wrote: Hi Barry Don't go back in time my friend. Have you tried my last suggestion? -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: Hullo Again - I have been exploring and have found the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes. When I click to open them I get the message Microsft Word (or Excel) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application. How do I do that? Cheers Barry "Kassie" wrote: Hi Barry Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files? Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and folders, and type in the names of these files. -- ve_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa "Barry Marx" wrote: I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and no Excel files. If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able to access old files? Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC? Barry |
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Problem Solved. I took the PC to a professional guru and he discovered the
files hidden away with a different path. We now have a link set up. And yes there were back up floppies stored away in the deep deep litter file (we have recently retired from biz and have a mammoth storage hassle with 40 years of records and archives. Sooo - today we install;ed a DVD burner and another HDD. Thanks for the help Kassie and Bryan Regards Barry (NZ) "Bryan Hessey" wrote: Where did you store your files? They should still be there unless you stored them in a program folder, said program folder having been removed during the upgrade. Try a search (right-mouse the Start button, select EXPLORE, then right-mouse on the C: drive and select Search Enter the first part of one of your files, ie for MyFile.Doc you can put MyF*.* and then click the Search. You should always keep a separate copy of your files, what will you do if your C: breaks and is replaced with a new one? -- Bryan Hessey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Hessey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21059 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=390145 |
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