Office 97 - - driving me nuts!! 1

[mel999]

Whenever I create a new word doc or a spreadsheet in Office 97 I save it in the normal way. - - When I go to access the same file (word doc or spreadsheet) I get a message saying it is being used by Mel ( my name) do I want to make a copy? Option to click OK or cancel.

What’s happening here? - - I know its being used by me, I have just opened the damn thing and why should it ask if I want to make a copy!!??

Any suggestions to overcome this please.

Regards, - Mel.

 

[tsuji]

Hello mel999,

It is to rebuild the registry. Click out Start|Run and enter:
winword /r

regards - tsuji

 

[tsuji]

Further notes:

If that happens to excel as well, then you run as well:
excel /regserver

- tsuji

 

[mel999]

tsuji - Hey, thank you sooooooooo much. How simple when you know how. - All is well again.

Mel in the UK

 

[RandyCSC]

Do you know if this will work for the New Versions of Office ?

R

 

[tsuji]

Hello RandyCSC,

Yes, they are.

regards - tsuji