I have posted this [2] times BEFORE my postings on piracy and theft of
software so the lack of response has nothing to do with that. Either
someone doesn't know, care or thinks the problem is not worth
answering. I've seen some people get answers here, many times.

Anyway, here is the problem.
WORD97 and EXCEL97 both show an error when opening a saved document,
spreadsheet.

it says "file already open would you like to make a copy"
or it says "cannot open because file is already open are you sure"

I 'never' open a file when this doesn't happen.

I have the original cd.

So, is there some fix to this or what?

Will anyone help on this [3rd] attempt?

Post back with the *exact* error messages.

Click on the error popup and hit Ctrl + C to copy the error message.

Paste that error message and post back.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:8d9bq19csn5jgu6qjvv8iso45l9f6v6h30@lol.com,
Theodore Baldwin Boothe III <DNC_TN@YAHOO.COM> hunted and pecked:
> I have posted this [2] times BEFORE my postings on piracy and theft of
> software so the lack of response has nothing to do with that. Either
> someone doesn't know, care or thinks the problem is not worth
> answering. I've seen some people get answers here, many times.
>
> Anyway, here is the problem.
> WORD97 and EXCEL97 both show an error when opening a saved document,
> spreadsheet.
>
> it says "file already open would you like to make a copy"
> or it says "cannot open because file is already open are you sure"
>
> I 'never' open a file when this doesn't happen.
>
> I have the original cd.
>
> So, is there some fix to this or what?
>
> Will anyone help on this [3rd] attempt?

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:59:10 -0700, "Wesley Vogel"
<123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote:

>Post back with the *exact* error messages.
>
>Click on the error popup and hit Ctrl + C to copy the error message.
>
>Paste that error message and post back.

"a document with that name is already open. You cannot open two
documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different
folders. To open the second document, either close the document that's
currently open, or rename one of the documents"

only option is click OK button

You can try this.

Paste the following line in the Start | Run box and click OK...

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /regserver

You should get a popup stating whether it worked or not.

But it seems to be a known problem with Office 97 and XP.

[[It is a known problem with Office 97 and WinXP. To the best of my
knowledge, it doesn't hurt anything and doesn't affect any operations.

Either ignore it or upgrade to a later version of Excel.]]
http://forums.techguy.org/business-a...ml#post2828803


XL97: Error Opening File from Address Bar in Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;184159

XL2000: Error Opening Excel File from Internet Explorer Address Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;200704

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:crebq1de8r8ebnt7ean031ms1e9jbs0i8f@lol.com,
Theodore Baldwin Boothe III <DNC_TN@YAHOO.COM> hunted and pecked:
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:59:10 -0700, "Wesley Vogel"
> <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Post back with the *exact* error messages.
>>
>> Click on the error popup and hit Ctrl + C to copy the error message.
>>
>> Paste that error message and post back.
>
> "a document with that name is already open. You cannot open two
> documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different
> folders. To open the second document, either close the document that's
> currently open, or rename one of the documents"
>
> only option is click OK button