Office 2003 / Office XP Shortcut Bar

I, like so many of the rest of you out there, was very disappointed when I
found out that there was no office shortcut bar (OSB) after my upgrade to
Office 2003. After looking through these newsgroups, searching the web, and
trying several alternative solutions (Windows built-in toolbar
functionality, jetToolBar), I decided that I needed to get back the Office
XP Shortcut Bar. After much searching and testing, I believe I've
discovered a way for the Office XP Shortcut Bar to work with Office 2003
without having to actually install the OSB via the Office XP Setup Program.
Before I go any further though, my particular solution might not work for
everyone (and I take no responsibility for problems that result from trying
this solution - use it at your own risk), specifically because I originally
had Office XP (with the OSB installed) and in my attempts to find a
work-around, I also ended up installing and then uninstalling the OSB that
comes with Office 97 (this was after my upgrade and loss of the Office XP
OSB). However, if you're interested in trying out my solution, then here is
what you need to do:

First, if you didn't initially have Office XP with the OSB installed, there
are probably registry keys that you need to add to the registry. I don't
know exactly what keys are necessary (since for me, they were all there
already from my previous Office XP installation), but if you need some help,
you can email me and I might be able to point you in the right direction or
provide some help.

Second, the following files from an Office XP installation need to be put
back into the following directories (please note - I don't know if all or
even most of these files are necessary; I discovered that these were the
files that were created when I attempted to install Office XP with only the
OSB and nothing else):

C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\AW.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\BIDI32.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\HLP95EN.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\INTLDATE.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\MSOFFICE.EXE
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\MSOHEV.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\MSOHTMED.EXE
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\MSOSTYLE.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\MULTIQ.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\OSA.EXE
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\REFEDIT.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\SAEXT.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\SEQCHK10.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\THDIC.LEX
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\TRIGRAM.LEX
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\UCSCRIBE.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\WDBIMP.DLL

C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\EULA10R.CHM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\FEEDBACK.HTM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\ID_028.DHS
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\ID_028.DPC
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\MSO.ACL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\MSOHELP.EXE
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\MSOHLP10.CHM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\MSOLANG.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\OBALLOON.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\OFMAIN10.CHM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\OFREAD10.HTM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\OFTIP10.HLP
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\OSBINTL.DLL
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\PSS10O.CHM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\PSS10R.CHM
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\SETUP.HLP
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\1033\THANKYOU.HTM

C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar\Office10\1033\DataServices\+Connect to New Data Source.odc
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar\Office10\1033\DataServices\+New SQL Server Connection.odc
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar\Office10\1033\DataServices\DATACONN.HTC
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar\Office10\1033\DataServices\DESKTOP.INI
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar\Office10\1033\DataServices\FOLDER.ICO

C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut
Bar\Office10\Migration\MIGRATE.DLL

C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\Shortcut
Bar\Office\New Office Document
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\Shortcut
Bar\Office\Open Office Document
C:\program files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\Shortcut
Bar\Office\Screen Saver

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\CDO\CDOEX.DLL

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Bin\MSSADMIN.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Bin\MSSADMWS.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Bin\MSSERROR.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Bin\mssrchadm.inf
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Bin\mssrchadm.inf
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Bin\SrchAdmStp.exe

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSSearch\Common\MSSITLB.DLL

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\CTRYINFO.TXT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\DW.EXE
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\MSO7FTP.EXE
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\MSO7FTPA.EXE
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\MSO7FTPS.EXE
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\MSO.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\MSOICONS.EXE
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\RICHED20.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\UCS20.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\USP10.DLL

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\1033\DWINTL.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\1033\MSOINTL.DLL

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\MSVCP60.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMAXCTL.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMCDO.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMCORE.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMFORMS.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMRES.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMSSTLB.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMTEMPL.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PKMTRACE.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\PROMDEMO.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\SECMGR.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\VAIDDMGR.DLL
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders\VAIMEM.DLL

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\CATEGORY.HTT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\CLASSICF.HTT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\MANAGMNT.HTT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\SCHEMA.HTT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\SEARCH.HTT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\SMARTF.HTT
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\WORKSPC.HTT

C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\Images\APPR.GIF
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\Images\COUT.GIF
C:\program files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web
Folders\1033\WebView\Images\PEND.GIF

Third, you'll need to put the following shortcut into your startup menu:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar\Office10\OSA.EXE" -b -l
You should probably name this shortcut "Microsoft Office"

One known issue is that the Office 2003 Icons don't display entirely
correctly in the Office XP OSB. It apparently can't display all the colors,
and as a result, the icons look very washed out and pretty bad in my
opinion. You might want to try and recover the icons from the Office XP
program executables and use those instead. Also, it appears as if the OSB
pulls some of its icons from the following location: C:\Documents and
Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Shortcut Bar\Office

Now, if everything worked correctly, when you launch that shortcut, you
should see the Office XP OSB, and upon each reboot the OSB should
automatically launch. Of course, like I said earlier, I don't know if this
will work for everyone, but I figured I'd at least post my results and
solution. If anyone has any comments or suggestions regarding this possible
solution, I'd love to hear them. Hope this helps some of you out there!!

- marc