Install 2002 & 2003 on same computer

[Otto Moehrbach]

WinXP
I am helping an OP with a large project. He is 1000 miles away so
everything is long distance or email. I have Excel 2002, he has 2003. This
has caused no problems throughout the project development until now.
One problem has cropped up that appears (just "appears" at this point)
to be version related. I won't go into the details of the problem because I
haven't defined it sufficiently at this point.
I have a copy of 2003 that I installed once over my 2002, but I elected
to revert back to the 2002 because of the Help changes and the fact that
comments in these newsgroups indicated that the benefits of 2003 over 2002
were not worth the Help hassle of 2003.
All that said, I want to install 2003 on my stand-alone computer along
side my 2002 so that I can properly troubleshoot this one problem. I know
that many of you have multiple versions installed so I know it can be done.
I am asking for some guidance from those of you that have already done
this so that I might avoid some of the pitfalls. For instance, should I
install 2003 in a folder outside of Program Files (where 2002 resides)?
Should I avoid running both at the same time?
Should I avoid saving my 2002 file under 2003 or should I make a copy of it
under another name and save it under 2003?
Have you run into any "mines" with this that I should avoid stepping on?
I am aware of the file association problem and I can work with that.
Thanks for your help. Otto

 

[Bob Phillips]

Otto,

I don't have 202 and 2003, but I do have 97, 2000 and 2002 on my desktop. I
have them all installed in 'Program Files\Microsoft Office', with
sub-directories of Office, Office 97, Office 10. The version that you want
as your default should be installed last. I also have run all 3 at the same
time, the only thing I get is a message that Personal.xls is already open,
so it will open read-only.

Obviously, double-clicking an Excel file will open in the default, so in the
others you need to drag-and-drop, or open via the menu.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

 

[Otto Moehrbach]

Bob
Thanks for that information. I'll install 2003 and follow what you did.
Otto

 

[Don Guillett]

I also have xl95,xl97 and xl2002 all on the same computer, in different
directories.

 

[Otto Moehrbach]

Thanks Don. I'll do the same. Otto

I also have xl95,xl97 and xl2002 all on the same computer, in different
directories.

 

[JulieD]

Hi Otto

on this machine i have 2002 & 2003 .. on my other 97, 2000, 2002 ... all
work fine - the only thing i did was install them in order(oldest to newest)
and put them in separate directories.

I have had 2002 & 2003 open at the same time and the only problem (as Bob
has already said) was that when i opened the 2nd one (whichever) i got a
message about personal.xls being read only.

 

[Bob Phillips]

95!

I also have xl95,xl97 and xl2002 all on the same computer, in different
directories.

--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
(e-mail address removed)
because

 

[Peter T]

Bob & Julie,

re Personal.xls Read only

FWIW, I have individual Persona's in respective default startup directories
for each xl version, to avoid the read only problem. But I appreciate if you
are often updating Personal you would only want the one file.

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Bob Phillips]

Hi Peter,

Yeah, I know I could get around it, but

a) I can't be a*!#ed,
b) I want my customisations in all versions, and
c) I can control my updates and so in the default version

Regards

Bob

 

[Don Guillett]

I do some development work for ING for point of sale software for salesmen.
Some only have xl95 so I have to write the program for the "lowest common
denominator". They pay well.
I have even had calls from some wondering why the program won't work when
the install instructions sent out by the company tells them they must have
excel installed..

 

[Bob Phillips]

It's a wonderful world ;-)

is that ING Bank, the outfit that bought Barings Bank for a £1 (IIRC)?

Regards

Bob

 

[Don Guillett]

I guess so. They are into Insurance, banking, etc. I was once a Regional
Manager for their Life insurance business.