Microsoft KB Archive/152579

= Different Versions of Excel in Binder Add Section Dialog Box =

Article ID: 152579

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95a
 * Microsoft Office 95b

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This article was previously published under Q152579



SYMPTOMS
When you try to add a section to a Binder, the "As a blank section:" entries for Microsoft Excel (or Microsoft Word) may show as either of the following in the Add Section dialog box:

Microsoft Excel Chart

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

-or-

Microsoft Excel 5.0 Chart

Microsoft Excel 5.0 Worksheet

-and-

Microsoft Word Document

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Microsoft Word 6.0 Document)



CAUSE
You may experience this behavior if you have both Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and version 7.0 on the same computer. But, it does not matter which entries are displayed in the Add Section dialog box, because both Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and version 7.0 file formats are the same. (This also applies if you have both Microsoft Word version 6.0 and version 7.0 installed on the same computer.)



RESOLUTION
If you want to have the Add Section dialog box display

Microsoft Excel Chart

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

(Microsoft Word Document)

which are the entries for Microsoft Excel version 7.0 (and Microsoft Word version 7.0), follow these steps:

 Quit any Microsoft Office programs that are currently running, including the Office Shortcut bar. In Windows Explorer, open the folder in which you have the Setup program for Microsoft Excel version 7.0 (or Microsoft Word version 7.0, or the Setup program for Microsoft Office for Windows 95 if this is how you installed Microsoft Excel version 7.0 or Microsoft Word version 7.0). On the Start menu, click Run, and delete anything in the Open box. Drag the shortcut for Setup from the folder in Step 2 to the Run dialog box.

The full path to the Setup shortcut will appear in the Run dialog box. For example, if you dragged the Office Setup shortcut to the Run dialog box, the command line in the Open box will resemble the following:

c:\msoffice\setup.lnk

 Modify the command line in the Open box by adding " /y" (without the quotation marks) to the end of the command line. For example, the command line would resemble the following:

c:\msoffice\setup.lnk /y

NOTE: Make sure there is a space separating the path to the Setup shortcut and the /y switch.

NOTE: If you're running Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, or Word from Windows NT 3.51, you need to look in the Setup subdirectory of the application directory and run ACME.EXE with some switches ("/w" and "/y") and a switch that references the corresponding Setup Table File (STF) that exists in the same setup subdirectory. For example, for Microsoft Office Professional version 7.0 you would use the following command line in the Run dialog box from Program Manager of File Manager in Windows NT version 3.51:

C:\MSOFFICE\OFFICE\SETUP\ACME.EXE /W OFF95PRO.STF /Y

The name of the STF and the directory to ACME.EXE will vary according to the destination folder choices chosen during setup and the product that is installed. In the Run dialog box, click run. This will start the Setup program in maintenance mode.</li> In the Setup dialog box, click Reinstall.</li> When Setup is finished, click the OK button.</li></ol>

Your registry settings for Microsoft Excel (or Microsoft Word) should now point to version 7.0. But, if you subsequently start Microsoft Excel version 5.0, you may experience the same problem once again.

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STATUS
This behavior is by design.

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MORE INFORMATION
Each time Microsoft Excel version 5.0 is started, it reregisters itself in the system registry, whereas version 7.0 does not. Therefore, if you have both Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and version 7.0 on the same computer, and you start version 5.0, the system will see this version as the version to start whenever you do something like double-click a Microsoft Excel file. If you experience problems with version 5.0 being seen as the default version, you will have to rebuild the system registry using the steps provided in the Resolution section.

Additional query words: 7.00a 7.00b

Keywords: KB152579

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