Re: Unable to start frontpage from a file

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Yep I did right after I clicked send for this one.
;-)

Glad you found the solution, it was a bit of a puzzle.

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Steve Easton
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"George Gee" <georgegee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Steve
>
> I assume that you did not read my last post when you posted this?
> If you did, then a bit of background.
>
> The 'Web' was developed on a Windows ME box, using Office 2000 Premium.
> This is of course FAT32.
> I backed up every day to an external hard drive.
>
> When I got the XP machine, I simply decanted the files from 'My Docs'
> (on the external HD) to the empty 'My Documents' folder on the new machine.
>
> I installed Office 2000 Premium, and everything was fine, until I installed
> Office 2003 Professional.
> Word, Excel, & ect. worked OK, it was just FrontPage 2003, that I had
> trouble with.
> I know practically zilch about the different file formats, so I can't say
> which format FP2203 intalled under!
>
> Thanks
>
> George Gee
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Easton wrote:
> > I'm beginning to wonder if it's a permissions issue.
> >
> > When you installed XP, did you have it install under the NTFS file
> > format??
> >
> > If so try this: On the Desktop, right click the My Documents folder.
> > ( or from the start menu if it is located there )
> > Select Properties and in the dialog that comes up click Find Target
> > and change the location to C:\My Documents
> > and then click Apply.
> >
> > Then see if you can open a file in the My Documents folder
> >
> >
> >
> > "George Gee" <georgegee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:O$ZMUPwCGHA.4004@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> Which time, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 10th.?
> >> In all honesty, I do not remember how I installed, this last time.
> >> Since the last install, I have tried a repair, (Add/Remove programs)
> >> at least twice, and used 'Detect and Repair' (FrontPage).
> >>
> >> I am quite willing to reinstall again, if there is a right and proper
> >> way of doing it.
> >>
> >> You tell me if there is any percentage in reinstalling, and if so,
> >> exactly what do you want me to do.
> >>
> >> George Gee
> >>
> >> Steve Easton wrote:
> >>> "George Gee" <georgegee@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>> news:OuAKGdvCGHA.3976@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Steve
> >>>> Your persistence is amazing!
> >>>>
> >>> This has become a "quest"
> >>>
> >>> ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Did you unistalll the earlier version of FrontPage before installing
> >>> 2003, or let 2003 uninstall / replace it during the install??
>
>


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