changing file location for Office 97/2000 viewer

[Stephen]

I have been trying to figure out how to change the default file location for
the word, excel and ppt viewers. I tried changing the "DefaultPath" key
under HKLU\software\microsoft\office\8.0\ but that did not work? Does any
one have any ideas for Excel and ppt?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Stephen,

When the viewers are installed you should have an option
to choose the install location. The viewers write a number
of Registry entries including as clients of MSO dll files
under Shared Tools including
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSO97V.DLL


FWIW, Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Visio, Access-Snapshots and Word
have (2003) viewer versions available to replace the 97/2000 series.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?Scope=HP,HA,RC,FX,XT&Query=2003+viewers

Older versions
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010449811033.aspx

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I have been trying to figure out how to change the default file location for
the word, excel and ppt viewers. I tried changing the "DefaultPath" key
under HKLU\software\microsoft\office\8.0\ but that did not work? Does any
one have any ideas for Excel and ppt?
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Thanks
Stephen>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Stephen]

I notice they only have 2003 viewers for ppt and word but not excel and that
is one that we need. What I am actualy looking for is, when you open a
document I want it to point to a different location (like a network drive)
other than the "My Documents" folder.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Stephen,

The Excel 2003 viewer (XLView.exe) is available from
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C8378BF4-996C-4569-B547-75EDBD03AAF0
(some of the normal 'links' pages to the downloads appear to be a bit behind
in updating).

The viewer does keep track of the location of the last XLS file
it opens (i.e. when you restart the viewer it shows that open
location). If the viewer is associated with the XLS file type
then double clicking the file opens the viewer and resets the
'open' pointer.

The last location is stored in this key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\LastVisitedMRU

You may be able to open the viewer by a shortcut to
say a batch file that sets the location then starts
the viewer as one option.

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I notice they only have 2003 viewers for ppt and word but not excel and that
is one that we need. What I am actualy looking for is, when you open a
document I want it to point to a different location (like a network drive)
other than the "My Documents" folder. >>

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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

 

[Stephen]

That should work and thanks for the 2003 excel viewer. I also noticed on the
link for the 2003 word viewer there is not link for download? Did it get
hidden?

Stephen )

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Stephen,

Thank you for letting me know the information helped.

The Word 2003 viewer can be downloaded from
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;889347&FR=1

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That should work and thanks for the 2003 excel viewer. I also noticed on the
link for the 2003 word viewer there is not link for download? Did it get
hidden?

Stephen ) >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx