Windows XP and older versions of Office

[Mike Miller]

I recently upgraded to Windows XP Pro, but still use
Office 97. Whenver I open a DOC or XLS file, I get an
error stating the file is already open, do I want to make
a copy? I know the file is not already open. This does
not happen when opening PPT files, or MPP files with
Project 2000.

Any thoughts on what is causing this? I did not have this
problem under Windows 98.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/DocInUse.htm for one possible
explanation.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Beth Melton]

Hi Mike,

If this occurs when you open Office documents outside of the
application, rather than using File/Option, then it could be that your
file associations need to be recreated. Go to Start/Run and run the
following:

winword /r
excel /regserver
powerpnt /regserver
msaccess /regserver

Note that there is a space before the forward slash.

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Microsoft Office MVP

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[Mike Miller]

That did it. Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
Hi Mike,

If this occurs when you open Office documents outside of the
application, rather than using File/Option, then it could be that your
file associations need to be recreated. Go to Start/Run and run the
following:

winword /r
excel /regserver
powerpnt /regserver
msaccess /regserver

Note that there is a space before the forward slash.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/





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