Word97 and Excel97 file open problem in Win2k
This is a discussion about Word97 and Excel97 file open problem in Win2k in the Windows Software category; Hi, I have the following problem with Word97 and Excel97 in Win2k: Word: When I double-click on a. doc to open it, Word starts and I then get a message: c:\****. doc is being used by my name. Do you want to make a copy? This doesnt happen if I start Word first and choose file-open.
Hi,
I have the following problem with Word97 and Excel97 in Win2k:
Word: When I double-click on a .doc to open it, Word starts and I then get a message: "c:\****.doc is being used by "my name". Do you want to make a copy?" This doesnt happen if I start Word first and choose file-open.
Excel: A similar problem. When I double-click on an .xls file to open it, I get the message: "A document with the same name ****.xls is already open. You cannot open two documents with the same name....." Again this error doesn't appear if I start Excel first and then file-open.
Anybody have any idea why this happens?
Thanks,
Andy
I have the following problem with Word97 and Excel97 in Win2k:
Word: When I double-click on a .doc to open it, Word starts and I then get a message: "c:\****.doc is being used by "my name". Do you want to make a copy?" This doesnt happen if I start Word first and choose file-open.
Excel: A similar problem. When I double-click on an .xls file to open it, I get the message: "A document with the same name ****.xls is already open. You cannot open two documents with the same name....." Again this error doesn't appear if I start Excel first and then file-open.
Anybody have any idea why this happens?
Thanks,
Andy
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If it is any consolation, I have the same trouble. So far I have found no solution but I am wondering if it may be that I created some of these documents under Win98 and now I am logged in as Administrator on my Win2k machine. Could it be looking for the "name" of the creator but finding Administrator?
Ed
Ed
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I was also wondering whether it has something to do with who has logged in Win2K and who set up as the user in Word / Excel. I'm logged in as user with administrator rights, but not specificly as the "administrator".
Well, let's hope someone here knows what the problem is.
Andy
Well, let's hope someone here knows what the problem is.
Andy
