Multriple versions of Word

I need to have different versions of Word installed on the same machine,
and I am aware of the fact that this is not a recommended situation.

I need to have a double-click on a word document launch Word 97. I have
set up the required file assiocation to point to Word 97. This still
launches Word 2003. I have reinstalled Word 97. Same result. I have set
up one of the "Sent to" options to Word 97. Same result.

I must consider myself lucky that clicking on a Word 97 short-cut still
launches the right program!

Does anybody have any idea what registry keys I should correct to solve
this problem?

Thanks
--
John Doue

Terry
Sun Dec 23 10:47:17 PST 2007

Please follow this link for a solution:
http://pschmid.net/blog/2007/04/20/110

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"John Doue" <notwobe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:epq5IzYRIHA.5184@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I need to have different versions of Word installed on the same machine,
>and I am aware of the fact that this is not a recommended situation.
>
> I need to have a double-click on a word document launch Word 97. I have
> set up the required file assiocation to point to Word 97. This still
> launches Word 2003. I have reinstalled Word 97. Same result. I have set up
> one of the "Sent to" options to Word 97. Same result.
>
> I must consider myself lucky that clicking on a Word 97 short-cut still
> launches the right program!
>
> Does anybody have any idea what registry keys I should correct to solve
> this problem?
>
> Thanks
> --
> John Doue

John
Sun Dec 23 23:01:13 PST 2007

Terry Farrell wrote:
> Please follow this link for a solution:
> http://pschmid.net/blog/2007/04/20/110
>
Thanks but I was aware of this link. My problem was not with
registration issues.

It so happens that after weeks of research, I stumbled on something that
works (so far, should I probably say) : I disabled dde in the Edit and
Open dialogs of the File association with Doc.

After I tried and found that worked, I checked again the dde settings
and it had rewenabled itself! But now, clicking on a doc file does open
the correct program.

Needless to say, I do not understand why this worked but next time this
happens, it is worth a try!

Thanks.
--
John Doue

John
Mon Dec 24 07:47:59 PST 2007

Terry Farrell wrote:
> Please follow this link for a solution:
> http://pschmid.net/blog/2007/04/20/110
>

Sorry for the bad spelling in my previous post. Please read

... it had reinstated itself! But now, clicking on a doc file does open
the correct program.

Needless to say, I do not understand why this worked but next time this
happens, it is worth a try!

Thanks.
--
John Doue