I have had Office XP Professional installed for some time, successfully, and
stupidly, I now see, for what I thought was a good reason, I installed Word
97 (on its own) onto the PC this evening, into a 'C:\Word97' directory.

I now find that all my Word 2002 docs will not open, i.e. Word 2002 opens,
but I then get the error message - 'Microsoft Word: the document name or
path is not valid - check file permissions, blah, blah'
- can do nothing, so click on Ok, when Word opens a blank doc
(the permission is 'open'.)

The doc properties are 'DOC file' (in caps). In Explorer, this File type is
associated with Word 2002.

Curiously, the backups (wbk) open perfectly normally in Word 2002.  Their
Properties are 'Word97-2002'!!

If I open Word itself (rather than going through Explorer), the 'Doc' docs
open and can be read, but they can't be saved in another format, e.g. Word97
and 2002 RTF, i.e.
they 'save', but then up comes the same error message as above, and a blank
doc is opened.

Other associations have changed.  HTML documents, which I'm sure opened in
Word, now open in IE.

Tweak Ui\Repair Icons has no effect, when normally it does.  I do not wish
to use
\Repair Associations, since I suspect that could get me into deeper water.

When I try to uninstall Word 97, from Add/Remove, inserting the Office 97
CD, the hour glass whirrs away, and nothing happens.  Likewise, with Office
XP - whatever I click on - repair, uninstall, etc.,., same result.

I cloned my hard drive last night, using Norton Ghost, so I can get back to
what I had then, but I would lose a stack of work on Word docs I did today,
and cannot afford the time to do that work all over gain.

Advice/solutions?  I would be most grateful

Vibes,

You really need to refer this question to an Office newsgroup. There *may*
be a simple fix that they've worked out in there.

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if not installed from an Office97SR2 cd..you install the Office97 SR2 patch
 ..winston
.
: I have had Office XP Professional installed for some time, successfully, and
: stupidly, I now see, for what I thought was a good reason, I installed Word
: 97 (on its own) onto the PC this evening, into a 'C:\Word97' directory.
:
: I now find that all my Word 2002 docs will not open, i.e. Word 2002 opens,
: but I then get the error message - 'Microsoft Word: the document name or
: path is not valid - check file permissions, blah, blah'
: - can do nothing, so click on Ok, when Word opens a blank doc
: (the permission is 'open'.)
:
: The doc properties are 'DOC file' (in caps). In Explorer, this File type is
: associated with Word 2002.
:
: Curiously, the backups (wbk) open perfectly normally in Word 2002.  Their
: Properties are 'Word97-2002'!!
:
: If I open Word itself (rather than going through Explorer), the 'Doc' docs
: open and can be read, but they can't be saved in another format, e.g. Word97
: and 2002 RTF, i.e.
: they 'save', but then up comes the same error message as above, and a blank
: doc is opened.
:
: Other associations have changed.  HTML documents, which I'm sure opened in
: Word, now open in IE.
:
: Tweak Ui\Repair Icons has no effect, when normally it does.  I do not wish
: to use
: \Repair Associations, since I suspect that could get me into deeper water.
:
: When I try to uninstall Word 97, from Add/Remove, inserting the Office 97
: CD, the hour glass whirrs away, and nothing happens.  Likewise, with Office
: XP - whatever I click on - repair, uninstall, etc.,., same result.
:
: I cloned my hard drive last night, using Norton Ghost, so I can get back to
: what I had then, but I would lose a stack of work on Word docs I did today,
: and cannot afford the time to do that work all over gain.
:
: Advice/solutions?  I would be most grateful
:
:
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:
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:
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:
:
:
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:
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Winston,

I want rid of Word 97, but uninstall not work.

Word 2002 is associated with the DOC files.

I imagine the path is the difficulty, given my explanation in my previous
post.

Is there not a simple way, like that (but I do not know how), to resolve the
fact that when I double click on a DOC file, I get the Word 2002 error
message, re the path?

if not installed from an Office97SR2 cd..you install the Office97 SR2 patch
 ..winston
.

: I have had Office XP Professional installed for some time, successfully,
and
: stupidly, I now see, for what I thought was a good reason, I installed
Word
: 97 (on its own) onto the PC this evening, into a 'C:\Word97' directory.
:
: I now find that all my Word 2002 docs will not open, i.e. Word 2002 opens,
: but I then get the error message - 'Microsoft Word: the document name or
: path is not valid - check file permissions, blah, blah'
: - can do nothing, so click on Ok, when Word opens a blank doc
: (the permission is 'open'.)
:
: The doc properties are 'DOC file' (in caps). In Explorer, this File type
is
: associated with Word 2002.
:
: Curiously, the backups (wbk) open perfectly normally in Word 2002.  Their
: Properties are 'Word97-2002'!!
:
: If I open Word itself (rather than going through Explorer), the 'Doc' docs
: open and can be read, but they can't be saved in another format, e.g.
Word97
: and 2002 RTF, i.e.
: they 'save', but then up comes the same error message as above, and a
blank
: doc is opened.
:
: Other associations have changed.  HTML documents, which I'm sure opened in
: Word, now open in IE.
:
: Tweak Ui\Repair Icons has no effect, when normally it does.  I do not wish
: to use
: \Repair Associations, since I suspect that could get me into deeper water.
:
: When I try to uninstall Word 97, from Add/Remove, inserting the Office 97
: CD, the hour glass whirrs away, and nothing happens.  Likewise, with
Office
: XP - whatever I click on - repair, uninstall, etc.,., same result.
:
: I cloned my hard drive last night, using Norton Ghost, so I can get back
to
: what I had then, but I would lose a stack of work on Word docs I did
today,
: and cannot afford the time to do that work all over gain.
:
: Advice/solutions?  I would be most grateful
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:

Sorry..if it were me..I'd remove Office 2002..reinstall Word97, uninstall Word 97, clean the registry and program folders of Msft Office, then reinstall Office2002.
If I recall.. the office web site may have an Office removal tool..to aid the process
 ..winston

: Winston,
:
: I want rid of Word 97, but uninstall not work.
:
: Word 2002 is associated with the DOC files.
:
: I imagine the path is the difficulty, given my explanation in my previous
: post.
:
: Is there not a simple way, like that (but I do not know how), to resolve the
: fact that when I double click on a DOC file, I get the Word 2002 error
: message, re the path?
:

: if not installed from an Office97SR2 cd..you install the Office97 SR2 patch
:  ..winston
: .

: : I have had Office XP Professional installed for some time, successfully,
: and
: : stupidly, I now see, for what I thought was a good reason, I installed
: Word
: : 97 (on its own) onto the PC this evening, into a 'C:\Word97' directory.
: :
: : I now find that all my Word 2002 docs will not open, i.e. Word 2002 opens,
: : but I then get the error message - 'Microsoft Word: the document name or
: : path is not valid - check file permissions, blah, blah'
: : - can do nothing, so click on Ok, when Word opens a blank doc
: : (the permission is 'open'.)
: :
: : The doc properties are 'DOC file' (in caps). In Explorer, this File type
: is
: : associated with Word 2002.
: :
: : Curiously, the backups (wbk) open perfectly normally in Word 2002.  Their
: : Properties are 'Word97-2002'!!
: :
: : If I open Word itself (rather than going through Explorer), the 'Doc' docs
: : open and can be read, but they can't be saved in another format, e.g.
: Word97
: : and 2002 RTF, i.e.
: : they 'save', but then up comes the same error message as above, and a
: blank
: : doc is opened.
: :
: : Other associations have changed.  HTML documents, which I'm sure opened in
: : Word, now open in IE.
: :
: : Tweak Ui\Repair Icons has no effect, when normally it does.  I do not wish
: : to use
: : \Repair Associations, since I suspect that could get me into deeper water.
: :
: : When I try to uninstall Word 97, from Add/Remove, inserting the Office 97
: : CD, the hour glass whirrs away, and nothing happens.  Likewise, with
: Office
: : XP - whatever I click on - repair, uninstall, etc.,., same result.
: :
: : I cloned my hard drive last night, using Norton Ghost, so I can get back
: to
: : what I had then, but I would lose a stack of work on Word docs I did
: today,
: : and cannot afford the time to do that work all over gain.
: :
: : Advice/solutions?  I would be most grateful
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
: :
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PC Anywhere does uninstalls?
 ..winston

: Thanks, everyone, the issue is now resolved
:
: An IT guy has resolved this one for me.  I downloaded PC Anywhere trial
: version, and using that, he managed to uninstall Word 97 (which I couldn't),
: with the result that the file associations are now back to what they were,
: and I am back in the position I was in before installing Word 97.
: