Failed installation of Office97

[Guest]

After installing Office 97 on a machine running Windows XP, several
applications load apparently ready for use but not Word and Excel. Instead I
get the message 'this application must be installed to run. Please run Setup
from the location where you originally installed the application'. After
doing this the same error still occurs. This also happens after uninstalling
and re-installing. The machine previously ran Office 2003 which I have
uninstalled to use elsewhere.

Can anyone advise how to resolve this problem so that I can run all the
Office97 applications on this machine?

 

[Guest]

Office 97 is now over 9 years old and is way
past its prime. Upgrade to Office 2003.

 

[Dick Cardy]

Office 97 is now over 9 years old and is way
past its prime. Upgrade to Office 2003.

and it still works on Windows 2003.

Dick

 

[Dick Cardy]

After installing Office 97 on a machine running Windows XP, several
applications load apparently ready for use but not Word and Excel. Instead I
get the message 'this application must be installed to run. Please run Setup
from the location where you originally installed the application'. After
doing this the same error still occurs. This also happens after uninstalling
and re-installing. The machine previously ran Office 2003 which I have
uninstalled to use elsewhere.

Can anyone advise how to resolve this problem so that I can run all the
Office97 applications on this machine?

Mike

The only thing that comes to mind is that the uninstall of Office 2003 did
not work. Can you see any remains of 2003 on your computer?

I have Office 97 Pro running on a Windows 2003 Standard system so it should
work.

Dick

 

[Zilbandy]

Office 97 is now over 9 years old and is way
past its prime. Upgrade to Office 2003.

I'm considerably past my prime, too, but that doesn't mean I'm
worthless. Office 97 and I can do just about anything any of my
clients may need.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to everyone who has replied.

Carey I can't find an upgrade to Office97 option and presumably I would have
to have the earlier version installed properly first before applying the
upgrade anyway?

Dick, if looking for remains of the earlier install of Office2003, is there
anything in particular that I should look out for and any particular
locations on my computer to check?

 

[David Candy]

Word 1 still has all the essential features (except toolbars). Previous versions are far superior to later versions. I have 95, 97, and 2000 (and the OCR part only of 2002 as I will never use a version later than 2000) installed.

I use Word 95 for advanced editing or DTP.

 

[Dick Cardy]

Thanks to everyone who has replied.

Dick, if looking for remains of the earlier install of Office2003, is there
anything in particular that I should look out for and any particular
locations on my computer to check?

Check control panel Add & Remove.
Check registry
Check HD

 

[Guest]

Office 97 also does everything I need, but it won't install on my Windows XP
machine, even if I use the Program Compatibility wizard. The wizard nicely
asks what windows the program ran with (windows 98), asks for the serial
number, pretends to start the installation, but then presents an hourglass,
which stays there forever, or as long as I want to sit there and watch it.

I can't even go back to Windows 98, as it won't install on my new beaut
computer.
We can't be spending zillions of dollars buying new software every time a
new operating system comes out.

I like Office 97. Why won't it install?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Have you tried asking the experts in the office newsgroups?

 

[Guest]

No. I'll try that now.
Thanks.

Have you tried asking the experts in the office newsgroups?

Office 97 also does everything I need, but it won't install on my Windows
XP
machine, even if I use the Program Compatibility wizard. The wizard
nicely
asks what windows the program ran with (windows 98), asks for the serial
number, pretends to start the installation, but then presents an
hourglass,
which stays there forever, or as long as I want to sit there and watch it.

I can't even go back to Windows 98, as it won't install on my new beaut
computer.
We can't be spending zillions of dollars buying new software every time a
new operating system comes out.

I like Office 97. Why won't it install?

 

[Dick Cardy]

Office 97 also does everything I need, but it won't install on my Windows XP
machine,

I find this strange as I have Office 97 installed on a Windows 2003 system.

Dick

 

[Guest]

I have got it installed!!! After trying a few different things, I found it
would install using the Compatability manager. There is a point where it
asks what version of Windows it is compatible with. I select "Windows NT",
and off it goes -- no problem. Hope this helps someone out there.

No. I'll try that now.
Thanks.

Have you tried asking the experts in the office newsgroups?

Office 97 also does everything I need, but it won't install on my Windows
XP
machine, even if I use the Program Compatibility wizard. The wizard
nicely
asks what windows the program ran with (windows 98), asks for the serial
number, pretends to start the installation, but then presents an
hourglass,
which stays there forever, or as long as I want to sit there and watch it.

I can't even go back to Windows 98, as it won't install on my new beaut
computer.
We can't be spending zillions of dollars buying new software every time a
new operating system comes out.

I like Office 97. Why won't it install?

:


Office 97 is now over 9 years old and is way
past its prime. Upgrade to Office 2003.

I'm considerably past my prime, too, but that doesn't mean I'm
worthless. Office 97 and I can do just about anything any of my
clients may need.
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