Re: Is Office 97 compatible with Windows xp?

By "won't work" I mean I get the following message when I try to open the
program to use it: "This application must be installed to run. Please run
Setup from the location where you originally installed the application."

"Beth Melton" wrote:

> Although it's a good idea to make sure your installation of Office is
> fully updated, I'm betting they won't resolve the issue you are
> currently encountering. Now, I'm also betting you'll eventually
> encounter some issues fix in the updates so updating Office 97 is in
> your best interest. :-)
>
> However for your issue at hand, what 'won't work' exactly?? Do they
> not start? Do they crash when you try to start them? Do you encounter
> an error message? If so what is it?
>
> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
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>
> "da1975" <da1975@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:765826B8-3E38-4DC8-A93F-75CE52E0E0C9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > no, I have not. will these updates help me?
> >
> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Did you install any updates to Office 97 as you should have?
>
>
>
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