Lost Excel 5 files after upgrade to Officel 2003

Hi Barry

Don't go back in time my friend. Have you tried my last suggestion?
--
j.kasselman@atlantic.net.remove_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa


"Barry Marx" wrote:

> Hullo Again - I have been exploring and have found the original Word6 and
> Excel5 programmes. When I click to open them I get the message Microsft Word
> (or Excel) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to
> install the application.
>
> How do I do that?
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
> "Kassie" wrote:
>
> > Hi Barry
> >
> > Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a
> > look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files?
> > Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and
> > folders, and type in the names of these files.
> > --
> > j.kasselman@atlantic.net.remove_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa
> >
> >
> > "Barry Marx" wrote:
> >
> > > I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I
> > > upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and
> > > no Excel files.
> > >
> > > If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able
> > > to access old files?
> > >
> > > Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC?
> > >
> > > Barry

I found the original Programmes are in:- my computer/c
drive/programmes/office 10/ excel and word (the old design icons)

If I click open I get the message described earlier.

I can right click the icons and select - run as - and I get achoice of user.
I have tried various and appropriate password for the current user mode but
still cant access.

The actual documents I found by taking your advice and searching for a known
key word in the file name.

This is a typical result

c:\Documents and Settings\Otenz\My Documents\Rotary Youth Art Festival\2005
Project.

Otenz is my company name and the previous user name.

If I go the File/Open -in Word2003 or Excel 2003 I can't access any of the
old files no matter what route I select. Infact I can't find the path as
above.

When I try to open the old programmes I see they are labelled as unistalled
version/unknown user.

I am not an computer buff so it's not that easy. I think I may give up soon
and lug the box off to a guru tomorrow ( well actually it's tomorrow now !

Cheers

Barry

"Kassie" wrote:

> Hi Barry
>
> Don't go back in time my friend. Have you tried my last suggestion?
> --
> j.kasselman@atlantic.net.remove_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa
>
>
> "Barry Marx" wrote:
>
> > Hullo Again - I have been exploring and have found the original Word6 and
> > Excel5 programmes. When I click to open them I get the message Microsft Word
> > (or Excel) has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to
> > install the application.
> >
> > How do I do that?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Barry
> >
> > "Kassie" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Barry
> > >
> > > Upgrading should not have any effect on your data files. Have you had a
> > > look in Windows explorer, under the folder where you stored these files?
> > > Maybe run a search to find them? Click on Start|Search, search for files and
> > > folders, and type in the names of these files.
> > > --
> > > j.kasselman@atlantic.net.remove_2nd_at. Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa
> > >
> > >
> > > "Barry Marx" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I upgraded from Excel5 and Word6 to Office10 - everything OK. Then I
> > > > upgraded to Office 2003 - now I can not find any of my old data. No Word and
> > > > no Excel files.
> > > >
> > > > If I reinstal the original Word6 and Excel5 programmes will I then be able
> > > > to access old files?
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise, where can I find them on my PC?
> > > >
> > > > Barry