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Office2000 & Office97 on NT workstation

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by corrielein 1 view

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I need to install Office 2000 & Office 97 on an NT4 workstation. I need Office 97 to be the default application as all the other users on the Network use Office 97. I know that you can save back Office documents, but its mostly Acces 2000 I will be using and I don't want to have to convert databases so that other users cant use them. Thanks.

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by sheryl v

Installing is easy as far as other Apps, Access will be you're bear. Access 97 & 2k don't play nice together at all. If I recall, 97 must be installed 1st & then do the 2k to a different directory. I believe I modified the default path during the 97 install AND did a custom install for 2k being very careful answering the question about removing old versions of files. It IS possible but it's tricky.
P.S. If you don't convert db's to Access2k you can't develop or modify any of their objects.
GOOD LUCK, hope this helps.

by corrielein

I did install 97 first, then 2000 in a different place, but 2000 was always the default version and Access 97 wouldn't then open as it said there wasnt a licence for it on that machine. Thanks anyway!

by corrielein

Thanks Sheryl, but I managed to sort the license problem with some thing I found on the Knowledge Base. I still cannot get Office 97 to be the default version though. Any ideas?

by sheryl v

file association. The simplest way to change it is to find a 97 mdb file, hold down the shift key and right click on it. This will bring up the "Open With" option (which you won't get if you don't hold down shift). Check the box that says "Alwaysopen with" and then pick Access 97 from the list. Good luck!

by corrielein

Unfortunately this doesn't work with email attachments - they automatically open with Office 2000. Thanks anyway - we can just work round it!

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