Problem opening MS Office 97 docs in Explorer in XP Home SP2

[Guest]

Whenever I open an Office 97 doc in WinXP Home SP2 from Explorer, I get these
error messages:

Word:

"[Filename] is being used by [my logon]. Do you want to make a copy?"

Excel:

"A document with the name [filename] is already open. You cannot open two
documents with the same name, even if the documents are in separate folders.
To open the current document, either close the document that's currently
open, or rename one of the documents."

etc.

I don't get the same problem when I open documents from Word or Excel.

How can I fix this?

 

[Kelly]

Office 97 often fails to get properly registered in the registry when
installed on XP. The "...document is already open, do you want to make a
copy message" only occurs in this case when a document is opened via
association (i.e., through Explorer, or Recently Opened Documents) and
doesn't happen if Word is
already open (for example, if you open a document through Word, File - Open;
or by association with Word already running).


For Word: Go to Start/Run and type in: windword /r
For Excel: Go to Start/Run and type in: excel /regserver
For PowerPoint: Start/Run and type in: powerpnt /regserver
For Access:Go to Start/Run and type in: msaccess /regserver


/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Guest]

Kelly

This worked!

Great website

Thanks so much

Peter

Office 97 often fails to get properly registered in the registry when
installed on XP. The "...document is already open, do you want to make a
copy message" only occurs in this case when a document is opened via
association (i.e., through Explorer, or Recently Opened Documents) and
doesn't happen if Word is
already open (for example, if you open a document through Word, File - Open;
or by association with Word already running).


For Word: Go to Start/Run and type in: windword /r
For Excel: Go to Start/Run and type in: excel /regserver
For PowerPoint: Start/Run and type in: powerpnt /regserver
For Access:Go to Start/Run and type in: msaccess /regserver


/taskbarplus!.htm

Whenever I open an Office 97 doc in WinXP Home SP2 from Explorer, I get
these
error messages:

Word:

"[Filename] is being used by [my logon]. Do you want to make a copy?"

Excel:

"A document with the name [filename] is already open. You cannot open two
documents with the same name, even if the documents are in separate
folders.
To open the current document, either close the document that's currently
open, or rename one of the documents."

etc.

I don't get the same problem when I open documents from Word or Excel.

How can I fix this?

 

[Kelly]

Great, glad to hear it, thanks and most welcome. )

/taskbarplus!.htm

Kelly

This worked!

Great website

Thanks so much

Peter

Office 97 often fails to get properly registered in the registry when
installed on XP. The "...document is already open, do you want to make a
copy message" only occurs in this case when a document is opened via
association (i.e., through Explorer, or Recently Opened Documents) and
doesn't happen if Word is
already open (for example, if you open a document through Word, File -
Open;
or by association with Word already running).


For Word: Go to Start/Run and type in: windword /r
For Excel: Go to Start/Run and type in: excel /regserver
For PowerPoint: Start/Run and type in: powerpnt /regserver
For Access:Go to Start/Run and type in: msaccess /regserver


/taskbarplus!.htm

Whenever I open an Office 97 doc in WinXP Home SP2 from Explorer, I get
these
error messages:

Word:

"[Filename] is being used by [my logon]. Do you want to make a copy?"

Excel:

"A document with the name [filename] is already open. You cannot open
two
documents with the same name, even if the documents are in separate
folders.
To open the current document, either close the document that's
currently
open, or rename one of the documents."

etc.

I don't get the same problem when I open documents from Word or Excel.

How can I fix this?