MVP's?? Excel 97 AND Excel 2003???

K

Ken Macksey

Hi

Does anyone know if it is possible to successfully install and run Excel 97
on a system that is currently running Win xp pro and Office xp 2002?
I want to have both excel 97 and excel 2002 running on the same system
for testing purposes.


KenM
 
C

Chip Pearson

Ken,

Yes, you can run Office 97 and Office 2002 on the same machine.
First, remove Office XP. Then install Office 97. Finally,
reinstall Office 2002. During the installation process, be sure
to specify different folders for 97 and 2002, and be sure to
select the "Keep Existing Versions" option during the 2002
install process.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
 
P

Peter Atherton

-----Original Message-----
Hi

Does anyone know if it is possible to successfully
install and run Excel 97

Ken

Yes, go ahead and install it.

Regards
Peter
 
N

Norman Harker

Hi Ken!

I'd add to Chip's answer out of caution more than any bad experiences.

Firstly, after uninstalling Office 2002, run a Registry cleaner to get
rid of anything that uninstalling has still left behind. Using Norton
Systemworks I find that there's quite a lot left behind.

Secondly, I think that after a basic install of Excel 97 you should
apply all the updates as well before you proceed to Office 2002.

I adopted this process with installs of 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 and
have had no problems.
--
Regards
Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
(e-mail address removed)
Excel and Word Function Lists (Classifications, Syntax and Arguments)
available free to good homes.
 
D

Don Guillett

To add my two cents. Generally I agree with all that was said about best to
have the oldest first and newest last. BUT, my Dell came with Office sba
2002 installed. I installed xl95 and then xl97 sr2 and had NO problems. I
repeat, NO problems. All three work just fine. So, best to uninstall the
new, install the old re-install the new. BUT, you could try it, as I did,
and see what happens.
 
K

Ken Macksey

Hi Again

I decided to take Don's advice and just try a direct install to a new
folder. The thought was that since I only wanted to install excel 97 it
would be quick and there was not much to lose. If worse came to worse and it
did not work, I would uninstall all and start over following the probably
more sound route advised.

It did seem to work fine however and so far no problems with either Excel
97 or Excel 2002.


Thanks again

KenM
 

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