Installing Office 2000 with Office 97 intact

[Christopher]

I want to use Office 97 for various reasons but I also
wanted to use PowerPoint 2000 because it supports MP3 and
GIF.

So I installed PowerPoint 2000 into a separate directory
called Microsoft Office 2000. During the installation, I
opted to run from computer Powerpoint, Office Tools and
Converters; and for the rest (Word, Excel, Access 2000), I
opted for it to install on first use since there is no
option not to install them.

Now, Office 97 and PowerPoint 2000 both work fine if I
launched the application first before opening the file. In
any case, I intend to use PowerPoint 2000 henceforth, so
it doesn't matter if all ppt files are now associated with
PP2000.

HOWEVER, I still want the xls, mdb and doc files to be
associated with the 97 version. Now, when I click on a doc
doc, Windows starts the 2000 installation procedure and
insists that I go through with it. Even when I go to
Folders-Files to try and change the association, the 2000
installation procedure still launch whever I click on a
doc file.

My question is simply how to get the doc, xls and mdb to
be associated with the 97 version so that I can click on
the file and open the 97 version of the application.

Is there an installation log file that I can delete so
that the system will not launch the 2000 installation
procedure and revert to the 97 version instead?

tks
Christopher

 

[greg mansius [MSFT]]

Christopher,

Unfortunately, this is one of the side-effects of having multiple versions
of Office on the same computer. Please see if the following article helps.

218861 OFF2000: Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=218861

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Christopher,

To add to Greg's reply, you can choose to not install
Word and Excel 2000. In Add/Remove Programs in the
Windows Control Panel choose the Microsoft Office 2000
choice and in Add or Remove Features set Word and Excel
to 'Not Available'. You may then need to run
(your CD ROM driveletter):Setup /Y /R from Start=>Run with
the Office 97 CD if after running Word 97
then
Start=>Run
Winword.exe /regserver
doesn't restore the file association to Word 97.


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I want to use Office 97 for various reasons but I also
wanted to use PowerPoint 2000 because it supports MP3 and
GIF.

So I installed PowerPoint 2000 into a separate directory
called Microsoft Office 2000. During the installation, I
opted to run from computer Powerpoint, Office Tools and
Converters; and for the rest (Word, Excel, Access 2000), I
opted for it to install on first use since there is no
option not to install them.

Now, Office 97 and PowerPoint 2000 both work fine if I
launched the application first before opening the file. In
any case, I intend to use PowerPoint 2000 henceforth, so
it doesn't matter if all ppt files are now associated with
PP2000.

HOWEVER, I still want the xls, mdb and doc files to be
associated with the 97 version. Now, when I click on a doc
doc, Windows starts the 2000 installation procedure and
insists that I go through with it. Even when I go to
Folders-Files to try and change the association, the 2000
installation procedure still launch whever I click on a
doc file.

My question is simply how to get the doc, xls and mdb to
be associated with the 97 version so that I can click on
the file and open the 97 version of the application.

Is there an installation log file that I can delete so
that the system will not launch the 2000 installation
procedure and revert to the 97 version instead?

tks
Christopher >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Christopher]

Thanks, Greg and Bob! Will try out solutions. (eom)