Office Shortcut bar working in office 2003

[Midnight]

I have got the office shortcut bar from office xp working in office 2003. I
did this by working out the files and reg keys needed to import the shortcut
bar from office xp. As I didn't run the installation routine the shortcut
bar works flawlessly. If anyone else wants it reply here and I might put the
info on the web somewhere.

Glen

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Does this work with a clean install or only with an upgrade scenario? If on
a clean installation, I would be interested in seeing what keys you create.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Midnight <[email protected]> asked:
| I have got the office shortcut bar from office xp working in office
| 2003. I did this by working out the files and reg keys needed to
| import the shortcut bar from office xp. As I didn't run the
| installation routine the shortcut bar works flawlessly. If anyone
| else wants it reply here and I might put the info on the web
| somewhere.
|
| Glen

 

[midnight]

I haven't tried it on a a clean install but I can't see why it wouldn't
work. I used the original install of office xp as the template. If I have
time I might make a ghost backup reformat then try installing office 2003
onto win xp and make sure it works. I'm just short of time. I can send you
the reg keys and a list of files needed if you want. You would only have to
alter the paths in the keys but I have kept all the keys in seperate reg
files so it is quite easy to see what you need to alter.

Glen


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

 

[Chad Harris]

Glen--

I didn't work with any registry keys, but *after* installing MOS 2003, I
did a custom install of the Office XP tools only, and I can use any of the
tools from XP including the XP toolbar or from 2003 and they work fine. I
did it to compare them. The tools for MOS 2003 are listed in the All
Programs menu along with the rest of the O3 Apps in the slide out Tools, and
below them there is an entry for Microsoft Office Tools that has all the XP
tools. When you first click on the XP toolbar, you get the dialogue box to
have it start up with Office 2003 if you want.

I know there is a frequent caveat to always install the older version first,
when you're doing multiple Office versions as in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828956&FR=1, but I
didn't think this would apply to just installing the tools folder from a
custom setup of XP and they coexisted fine. I don't know with the
improvements in the setup of MOS 2003 if that caveat on mulitple versions in
the KB really applies, but I see the warning a lot.

I would appreciate seeing your info somewhere and others might, if you tell
us where you're posting it.

I would be glad to post any registry keys I have if someone points me in the
right direction.

Chad Harris
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[midnight]

Hi Chad

I use the office shortcut bar a lot so after I installed office 2003 I was
sad to find microsoft had removed it. I know it's a bad idea to install
older versions over the top of newer versions so I looked into what made the
shortcut bar work. The file msoffice.exe which seems to be the main file in
conjunction with osa.exe didn't allow the shortcut bar to run so I traced
the reg keys needed. I noticed a few people have been asking about the
shortcut bar so I thought id post that I got it working. I saw one or two
posts here from people who tried installing the shortcut bar from earlier
version but they had various problems with the bar not working correctly.

I might put the details of how I did it onto a ftp server but I would have
to email the login details individually. If enough people want it Id post it
on a free web server somewhere. However, if you got it working without any
problems by installing the tools from the earlier version that would
probably be the best solution for any one wanting the shortcut bar. Even if
poeople get the reg keys from me they would have to alter the paths in some
of them to point to where they installed office. It's not hard but for
anyone not used to working with the registry there are the normal dangers of
editing registry keys. Let me know if you want the details from me and I'll
post them somewhere and email the details to you.

Glen

 

[Chad Harris]

This is good information, and interesting. I was trying to make a
distinction between the older versions first theory that I thought was
aimed at co-existing whole applications like Word, Access, Excel that I
don't think (if it's *really valid* with MOS 2003) applies just to getting
the Tools folder from a custom install setup.

Your information is good news and helpful to a lot of people because there
are posts week in and weekout on newsgroups lamenting the loss of that
*toolbar* with MOS 03, and from time to time people want other of the Tools
that were in earlier Office versions that they miss.

I haven't had trouble on any machine doing this with going to the setup of
Office XP>Custom>Tools with Office 2003 already installed. I have had a
friend who did trying to install tools from Office 2000 with Office 2003
installed.

I don't know enough about custom setups, resouce kit tools, and the
evolution of Office setup to the newest version MOS 03. but I have a general
sense that they worked hard with 03 to make it a more problem free, user
friendly, and selective installer so that mixed versions could play well
together.

I want to research some and get the real answer on the need though to always
install the oldest version first and as some say put other versions in
separate folders. I thought that separate folders weren't necessary any
more with Office 2003.

My shortcut bar from the custom install of XP for Tools only installed to
the folder E:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Shortcut Bar\Office
and MOS 2003 was installed to E:\Program Files Microsoft Office\Office 11.

There are some folders and files that mandatorily installed to the OS drive
"C" as always.

Chad Harris