Install Both Office 2003 and 2007 Suites

kencoburn · 01-31-2009, 04:14 AM

I have Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 Pro Suite on my computer. I want to be able to use both my Office 2003 Pro (which has Access) and Office 2007 Student and Home edition (which does not have Access) on the same computer. I used the Custom install feature when I installed Office 2007 to allow both versions to reside on my computer and everything seemed to install okay.

I then tried to set the defaults so that when I open a .doc or .xls file it would open with Office 2003 and when I open a .docx and .xlsx file it would open Office 2007. This only seems to confuse things and I keep getting the Office Initiallising message from time to time and cannot reliably open the desired version of Office. Any ideas how to fix this problem?

rbalaji · 01-31-2009, 04:29 PM

Did you install office 2003 and 2007 in separate folders? In what order did you install them. If you installed 2003 before 2007 and you installed them in separate folders, they should co-exist without causing any problems.

swingman011 · 02-02-2009, 06:30 AM

for me, i'm going to install office 2007 because you can open *.doc or older MS office formats. i don't need to install office 2003.

01-31-2009, 04:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
kencoburn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 13 OS: Windows XP	Install Both Office 2003 and 2007 Suites I have Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 Pro Suite on my computer. I want to be able to use both my Office 2003 Pro (which has Access) and Office 2007 Student and Home edition (which does not have Access) on the same computer. I used the Custom install feature when I installed Office 2007 to allow both versions to reside on my computer and everything seemed to install okay. I then tried to set the defaults so that when I open a .doc or .xls file it would open with Office 2003 and when I open a .docx and .xlsx file it would open Office 2007. This only seems to confuse things and I keep getting the Office Initiallising message from time to time and cannot reliably open the desired version of Office. Any ideas how to fix this problem?

01-31-2009, 04:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
rbalaji Tech, Microsoft Support Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,193 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Install Both Office 2003 and 2007 Suites Did you install office 2003 and 2007 in separate folders? In what order did you install them. If you installed 2003 before 2007 and you installed them in separate folders, they should co-exist without causing any problems. __________________ Balaji Ramanathan Computers - You can't live with them, you can't live without them!

02-02-2009, 06:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
swingman011 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 37 OS: winXP sp2	Re: Install Both Office 2003 and 2007 Suites for me, i'm going to install office 2007 because you can open *.doc or older MS office formats. i don't need to install office 2003.