Ofc 97 makes like its opening two instances of a file under Xp

[Jim]

When clicking on an office document on my desktop to open
it, the corresponding application launches - be it Word/97
or Excel/97. I always get these errors:

In Word/97 I invariably get the
error "C:\...\[filename.doc] is being used by Jim. Do
you want to make a copy?" I click cancel and proceed
normally.

In Excel/97 I get what I think is a functionally
equivalent message: "A document with the name [filename]
is already open. You cannot open two documents with the
same filename, even if the documents are in different
folders. To open the second document, either close the
document that's already open, or rename one of the
documents."

Again, I click and proceed normally. Any way to stop this
annoyance?

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Jim,

It sounds like the file association need to be recreated. Go to
Start/Run and run the following commands:

winword /r
excel /regserver

Note the space before the forward slash.

If you experience the same behavior with other Office apps you can use
the executable file name with the /regserver switch as well.

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