HOW can MS word97 and 2000 co-exist?

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Ritter197

I have MS WORD (actually MS Office and a part of it is Word) 1997 installed
and also MS Office 2000.

I had MS Office 2000 first installed, but after I installed MS Office 97
they seemed to not like each other.

They are of course in separate Folders/directories, but on the same
partition F: on the same physical harddisk. I expect there are some entries
by both programs in the Registry which overlap and "fight" each other.

I have 2 other harddrive installed. Should I un-install one of the above and
re-install on the other physical harddrive? Or would it make no difference
since they would still be accessing the same registry?

I also wonder, is there a way to IMPORT the messages which are presently on
Outlook 2000 into Outlook 97? I saw no Import function in MS Outlook 97.

The operating system is Windows XP Pro.
 
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| I have MS WORD (actually MS Office and a part of it is Word) 1997 installed
| and also MS Office 2000.
|
| I had MS Office 2000 first installed, but after I installed MS Office 97
| they seemed to not like each other.
|
| They are of course in separate Folders/directories, but on the same
| partition F: on the same physical harddisk. I expect there are some entries
| by both programs in the Registry which overlap and "fight" each other.
|
| I have 2 other harddrive installed. Should I un-install one of the above and
| re-install on the other physical harddrive? Or would it make no difference
| since they would still be accessing the same registry?
|
| I also wonder, is there a way to IMPORT the messages which are presently on
| Outlook 2000 into Outlook 97? I saw no Import function in MS Outlook 97.
|
| The operating system is Windows XP Pro.
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Ritter197 said:
I have MS WORD (actually MS Office and a part of it is Word) 1997
installed and also MS Office 2000.

I had MS Office 2000 first installed, but after I installed MS Office
97 they seemed to not like each other.
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Why did you install 97, old, unsupported, buggy, over 2000 (also old, but
less buggy)?
They are of course in separate Folders/directories, but on the same
partition F: on the same physical harddisk. I expect there are some
entries by both programs in the Registry which overlap and "fight"
each other.
Click to expand...

Uninstall both from add/remove programs. Install Office 2000 again.
I have 2 other harddrive installed. Should I un-install one of the
above and re-install on the other physical harddrive? Or would it
make no difference since they would still be accessing the same
registry?

I also wonder, is there a way to IMPORT the messages which are
presently on Outlook 2000 into Outlook 97? I saw no Import function
in MS Outlook 97.
Click to expand...

You don't need to import - just open the PST file. But again, why would you
want to use Outlook 97 when you have 2000?
 
H

Howard Kaikow

Two versions of Office cannot FULLY co-exist in a single boot system.
You would need to install each in a separate OS on the system, i.e., a
multiboot system on a PC.

Note that only 1 version of Outlook can be installed in each OS, so even if
you tried to install two Offices in one OS, you would only be able to have 1
Outlook.
 
R

Ritter197

I followed advice and un-installed MS Office 97 but now in MS 2000 all my
Inbox messages are gone.

Where can I find them?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Ritter197 said:
I followed advice and un-installed MS Office 97 but now in MS 2000
all my Inbox messages are gone.
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Your calendar data, as well as messages, tasks, notes, contacts, etc. are
stored in a file with a .PST extension. Look here for all the information
you need on backup and restoration of Outlook data:

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm

Search for *.pst on your hard drive, including hidden/system folders.
Where can I find them?

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Why did you install 97, old, unsupported, buggy, over 2000 (also
old, but less buggy)?

Uninstall both from add/remove programs. Install Office 2000 again.

You don't need to import - just open the PST file. But again, why
would you
want to use Outlook 97 when you have 2000?
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