Weird Office XP setup?

[Wendy]

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Wendy]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Can you specify which exact files you saw and not expected to be there?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Can you specify which exact files you saw and not expected to be there?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Can you specify which exact files you saw and not expected to be there?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Can you specify which exact files you saw and not expected to be there?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Can you specify which exact files you saw and not expected to be there?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand the
situation fully.

If these settings are normal, why don't the other Office
XP and Win XP computers on the same network have the same
file setup as well?

There must be some reason why this was set up differently
to all the others.

Thanks,

Wendy

-----Original Message-----
That is normal; this is where the per user settings are stored.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Hi all,

At a client site I visited, a problem with interprogram
linking was caused through the fact that regular MS Office
folders and files were located in an unexpected directory,
and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me how it
might have happened - I'm not their IT person for Office
installs, just troubleshooting the interprogram link.

Win XP, with Office XP-upgraded to SP3

Usually, I would look for Office files in this area...

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 10\Startup\
or something like this

Instead, I found the office files, not only in this
location, but also in another location, which was taking
priority in settings etc.

C:\Documents & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\
Word\Startup\*.*, or even in ...\Excel\XLStart


All other computers at the same site were installed as
should be in the C:\Prog Files\*.* area, just the one
computer had the problems.

Does anyone know what could have happened here?

TIA,


Wendy

.