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When reinstalling Microsoft Word
I recently lost my MS Office software when I used my 'system recovery' cd
that came with my computer (Windows ME). I found the winword.exe file but this did not fix the problem. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Are you sure you don't still have Word and Excel? It would be very unlikely for them to have been uninstalled by a computer crash, though it's possible that the shortcuts you use to start them are missing. Try using Windows Search to search for winword.exe. If you find it, then Word is still installed. Create a shortcut to that file, and you'll be back in business. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Freyr33" wrote in message ... Thanks for the prompt help. I sort of understand what you are saying, but I am asking for clarification for the sake of making sure I do things right and avoid the risk of losing these documents. Am I understanding you right that as long as I do not save the reinstalled versions of Word and Excel in the same folder as my preexisting files, I will not lose them? And can you be a little more specific of the reformatting of the drive and how to avoid this? Thanks for the help and sorry for the obvious questions. I am definetly not a PC wizard. "garfield-n-odie" wrote: As long as you don't save your data files to the same folders where your Word and Excel program files are installed, then reinstalling Office shouldn't affect your data files. But if you have to reformat the drive, then you will lose everything on the drive. "Freyr33" wrote: My computer crashed and I no longer have any of the Microsoft procucts, including Word and Excel. I do volunteer research when I am not working, and I have countless Word and Excel documents on my computer. Since my computer recently crashed, I am afraid that I will lose these valuable documents when I reinstall Word, Excel, and the other Microsoft products. Basically, will I lose older Word files when I reinstall Microsoft Word? I really hope not, else hours upon hours of work is lost forever. Please help! |
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