Microsoft KB Archive/85492

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Last reviewed: April 29, 1998

Article ID: Q85492 4.00 WINDOWS kbusage The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY
This article contains general information on how you install Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0, over Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 3.0.

MORE INFORMATION
When you install version 4.0 over an existing installation of version 3.0, a number of files are replaced or removed; no directories, however, are erased. User files are not erased unless they were given the same filename as one of the Microsoft Excel files that is erased (see below for a list of files that are removed during Setup).

Following are some special considerations when you set up Microsoft Excel over a previous version:

For more information on how you set up Microsoft Excel on a network see the NETWORK.TXT file located on the Excel Setup disk (disk 1).

If Q+E was installed in the previous version it may be necessary for you to remove the QEXXX.DLL files from the Windows\System directory. For complete details on this see the QEREADME.TXT file located in the Excel directory.

If you are using SQL Server version 4.2 or greater, the following two files should be removed from the Excel Directory after you install Microsoft Excel and Q+E:

W3DBLIB.DLL DBNMP3.DLL Any add-ins that you have moved from the LIBRARY subdirectory to the XLSART subdirectory are not updated in the XLSTART subdirectory. After you install Microsoft Excel you need to copy the new versions of the add-ins to your XLSTART subdirectory. For more information and changes to the documentation see the README.TXT file located in your Excel directory.

Following is a list of all files that are deleted by the Microsoft Excel version 4.0 Setup program:

NOTE: Some of these files are replaced by new versions.

LIBRARY\CROSSTAB.XLA XLSTART\SOLVER\SOLVER.XLA XLSTART\SOLVER\REPORT.XLA XLSTART\SOLVER\SOLVER.EXE SOLVEREX\SAMPLE.XLC SOLVEREX\SAMPLE.XLM SOLVEREX\SAMPLE.XLS SOLVEREX\SOLVER1.XLS SOLVEREX\SOLVER2.XLS SOLVEREX\SOLVER3.XLS SOLVEREX\SOLVER4.XLS SOLVEREX\SOLVER5.XLS SOLVEREX\SOLVER6.XLS XLSTART\SMI.XLA XLSTART\QEMACRO\QESTART.XLA XLSTART\QEMACRO\QE.XLA EXCELCBT\BUDGET91\SALES.WK1 EXCELCBT\APERTURE.XLS EXCELCBT\AUTOREG.XLS EXCELCBT\BLUESKY.XLS EXCELCBT\CARNATIO.XLS EXCELCBT\CBT.XLM EXCELCBT\CHARTLES.XLM EXCELCBT\CHUSIN.XLW EXCELCBT\CHWHAT.XLW EXCELCBT\DELI.XLM EXCELCBT\DELI.XLS EXCELCBT\EXCELCBT.DLL EXCELCBT\EXPORTS.XLS EXCELCBT\FALLCITY.XLS EXCELCBT\FINANQ4.WK1 EXCELCBT\GRADES.XLM EXCELCBT\GRADES.XLS EXCELCBT\GROWTH.XLS EXCELCBT\INTRO.XLM EXCELCBT\INTRO.XLS EXCELCBT\INTRO.XLW EXCELCBT\LINK1.XLS EXCELCBT\LINK2.XLS EXCELCBT\MACRO1.XLM EXCELCBT\MCUSIN.XLW EXCELCBT\MCWHAT.XLW EXCELCBT\NEWAUTO.XLS EXCELCBT\OREGON.XLC EXCELCBT\OREGON2.XLC EXCELCBT\RANDOM.XLM EXCELCBT\REGSALES.XLS EXCELCBT\REVENUE.WK3 EXCELCBT\ROURK.XLS EXCELCBT\SALES.WK1 EXCELCBT\SALESQ1.WKS EXCELCBT\SALESREP.XLS EXCELCBT\SALESTOT.XLS EXCELCBT\SWCHART.XLM EXCELCBT\SWCHART.XLW EXCELCBT\SWMACRO.XLW EXCELCBT\VALESCO.XLS EXCELCBT\WCCLIENT.XLM EXCELCBT\WCCLIENT.XLS EXCELCBT\WCPRESC.XLS EXCELCBT\WCSALES.XLS EXCELCBT\XLWHAT.XLW LIBRARY\AMORTIZE.XLS LIBRARY\BILL.XLT LIBRARY\BREAKEVN.XLS LIBRARY\BUDGET.XLS LIBRARY\COLLEGE.XLS LIBRARY\COLLHELP.XLM LIBRARY\SALEANAL.XLM LIBRARY\SALEANAL.XLS LIBRARY\SALETRAC.XLW LIBRARY\SHEETAID.XLA LIBRARY\SLIDES.XLA PREV.FON