XP Compatible Issue

[John]

I use an old Excel 5.0 version on a Windows ME computer. I like 5.0
because it does exactly what I need (which is very little - I just use
Excel to DDE link from another progam and to save the file where it can
be read by another program). 5.0 also uses little RAM.

I am buying a new XP computer. I understand XP uses a NTFS format
whereas ME uses FAT32. My question is will trying to load or use Excel
5.0 on a XP computer damage the XP computer since they are different
formats? Will Excel 5.0 even be able to load on a XP computer? I
understand 5.0 isn't XP compatible, but as long as it can still DDE
link and save a file, that is all that I need.

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

I am sure you can use Excel 5 on a windows xp pc..
The problem is not NTFS (even if it was you can format hard drives on xp
with FAT32i) f you ever get files
created on excel 97 and later, excel can't read them and they have to be
saved on a pc with 97 onwards
as excel 5/95 workbook

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

I am running Excel 5.0c on a Windows XP Professional computer with no
problem.

How the disk stores files is not an issue. The operating system deals with
that. Excel uses the operating system to access files.

I haven't tried using DDE with it, but I don't think you will have a
problem.

 

[John]

Thanks. Bill Gates just missed out on another $200+ !