Using Prior Version of Word After Installing 2007 Beta brandie 26.06.2006 16:57:02 I am attempting to use my Office 2002 programs to work with documents until I have fully tested the backward compatibility of the new Office 12 beta. I have changed my file associations back to the files in the Office10 directory, rather than the Office12 directory and left all the old program installed. When I open a document off of our fileserver, it appears that the spaces in the folder names are causing a fit for my old Office 2002 programs, something that has never happened before this installation. I get an error message for each space... ie: for a file stored in Server/Human Resources/word.doc, I get the following error message: "Server/Human.doc cannot be found" and "Server/Resources/word.doc cannot be found". Then the file opens. This is happening both in Excel and Word, but only when I open with the Office 2002 programs, not with the new beta programs. HELP!

Re: Using Prior Version of Word After Installing 2007 Beta "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> 26.06.2006 18:01:19 Changing the file association is insufficient. You need to open WordXP for it to reregister itself as the default Word. If that isn't working, you need to manually reregister. See -- http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm but you will need to put the full path to the correct version of Word in the start line and add the /r switch. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "brandie" <brandie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F3D1D5C6-6FC8-4563-B08D-B852168821F2[ at ]microsoft.com... :I am attempting to use my Office 2002 programs to work with documents until I : have fully tested the backward compatibility of the new Office 12 beta. I : have changed my file associations back to the files in the Office10 : directory, rather than the Office12 directory and left all the old program : installed. : : When I open a document off of our fileserver, it appears that the spaces in : the folder names are causing a fit for my old Office 2002 programs, something : that has never happened before this installation. I get an error message for : each space... : ie: for a file stored in Server/Human Resources/word.doc, I get the : following error message: : : "Server/Human.doc cannot be found" and "Server/Resources/word.doc cannot be : found". Then the file opens. : : This is happening both in Excel and Word, but only when I open with the : Office 2002 programs, not with the new beta programs. : : HELP!

Re: Using Prior Version of Word After Installing 2007 Beta brandie 26.06.2006 18:32:02 Thanks, that seems to have solved the problem for Word. I suppose I should repost this question on the Excel section of the forums to see if there is a similar fix for Excel? (The same procedure didn't seem to solve it there...) "TF" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Changing the file association is insufficient. You need to open WordXP for > it to reregister itself as the default Word. If that isn't working, you need > to manually reregister. See > -- > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm > > but you will need to put the full path to the correct version of Word in the > start line and add the /r switch. > > -- > Terry Farrell - Word MVP > http://word.mvps.org/ > > > > > "brandie" <brandie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F3D1D5C6-6FC8-4563-B08D-B852168821F2[ at ]microsoft.com... > :I am attempting to use my Office 2002 programs to work with documents until > I > : have fully tested the backward compatibility of the new Office 12 beta. I > : have changed my file associations back to the files in the Office10 > : directory, rather than the Office12 directory and left all the old program > : installed. > : > : When I open a document off of our fileserver, it appears that the spaces > in > : the folder names are causing a fit for my old Office 2002 programs, > something > : that has never happened before this installation. I get an error message > for > : each space... > : ie: for a file stored in Server/Human Resources/word.doc, I get the > : following error message: > : > : "Server/Human.doc cannot be found" and "Server/Resources/word.doc cannot > be > : found". Then the file opens. > : > : This is happening both in Excel and Word, but only when I open with the > : Office 2002 programs, not with the new beta programs. > : > : HELP! > > >

Re: Using Prior Version of Word After Installing 2007 Beta "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 26.06.2006 18:49:15 For Excel, you can't use the /r switch, but you can use /regserver. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "brandie" <brandie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DB547515-5EA3-40F3-8C34-B61FBA73F8BF[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks, that seems to have solved the problem for Word. I suppose I should > repost this question on the Excel section of the forums to see if there is a > similar fix for Excel? (The same procedure didn't seem to solve it there...) > > "TF" wrote: > > > Changing the file association is insufficient. You need to open WordXP for > > it to reregister itself as the default Word. If that isn't working, you need > > to manually reregister. See > > -- > > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm > > > > but you will need to put the full path to the correct version of Word in the > > start line and add the /r switch. > > > > -- > > Terry Farrell - Word MVP > > http://word.mvps.org/ > > > > > > > > > > "brandie" <brandie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:F3D1D5C6-6FC8-4563-B08D-B852168821F2[ at ]microsoft.com... > > :I am attempting to use my Office 2002 programs to work with documents until > > I > > : have fully tested the backward compatibility of the new Office 12 beta. I > > : have changed my file associations back to the files in the Office10 > > : directory, rather than the Office12 directory and left all the old program > > : installed. > > : > > : When I open a document off of our fileserver, it appears that the spaces > > in > > : the folder names are causing a fit for my old Office 2002 programs, > > something > > : that has never happened before this installation. I get an error message > > for > > : each space... > > : ie: for a file stored in Server/Human Resources/word.doc, I get the > > : following error message: > > : > > : "Server/Human.doc cannot be found" and "Server/Resources/word.doc cannot > > be > > : found". Then the file opens. > > : > > : This is happening both in Excel and Word, but only when I open with the > > : Office 2002 programs, not with the new beta programs. > > : > > : HELP! > > > > > >