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Is Excel 5.0 Compatible with Windows ME?
I purchased a Gateway computer and it did not come with
Excel. It come with a different spreadsheet program. All of my data files were prepared in Excel. I have my old Excel 5.0 floppy disks from an older computer. Can I load these disks onto my new computer with Windows ME? Thank you. Carmen |
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Is Excel 5.0 Compatible with Windows ME?
I think so.
But there is a problem. I think that you're going to be yelled at about not being able to find a file called share.exe. (Share.exe was required with earlier versions of excel (I _think_ xl 5.0 looks for it--but I don't recall for sure.)) But if you get yelled at, you can do this: Use Notepad to create a file (nothing in it). Save it as Share.exe. The bad news is where to put it. I think it goes in your x:\windows folder, or x:\windows\system32 or any folder in your path. Share.exe went away with Windows95 (IIRC). So you can fool excel by making an empty one. ==== Did you mean WindowsXP (instead of windowsME)??? Carmen Fondell wrote: I purchased a Gateway computer and it did not come with Excel. It come with a different spreadsheet program. All of my data files were prepared in Excel. I have my old Excel 5.0 floppy disks from an older computer. Can I load these disks onto my new computer with Windows ME? Thank you. Carmen -- Dave Peterson |
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