Can Office 97 programs be installed on Windows XP?

[DJW500]

Is it ok to install Excel from my Office 97 CD Rom onto a
PC installed with Windows XP Home Edition and Microsoft
Works 2003?

 

[Chip Pearson]

Yes, Excel 97 will work fine with Windows XP.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com (e-mail address removed)

 

[Todd]

Actually, I get just the opposite. I have a large client
that is currently running Win98/Office 97. I'm trying to
setup a handful of laptops running XP Pro with Office 97
since the client does not have Office XP licenses (they
plan to migrate next summer to Windows XP / Office XP). I
installed Office 97, SR-1, and SR-2b. At the present time
Word and PowerPoint (after installing SR-2b) seem to be
working fine so far. Excel is a different story. If I
create a file (book1.xls), save and close the file, then
go to My Documents and try to open the file, I get an
error message which reads: "A document with the
name 'Book1.xls' is already open.". If I open Excel and
select the file from the File Open command, it works
fine.. It appears to be a related to opening a file
through association.

Any suggestions?

 

[Gord Dibben]

Todd

First try the standard fix(es)......Tools>Options>General uncheck "ignore
other applications"

OR Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes and note the space before the /
mark).

You may have to enter your full path to excel.exe....in that case surround
with quotes as in..... "C:\mypath\to Excel\somewhere\excel.exe" /regserver

Gord Dibben Excel MVP - XL97 SR2 & XL2002