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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 |
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Office 2003 / Office XP Shortcut Bar
Mark
I haven't had any trouble every time I've tried to get the OSB from Office XP to coexist with the Tools from MOS 2003, by simply installing MOS2003, then in Office XP's setup selecting the SB or any/all the tools from XP. They work fine. I didn't have to go to the registry; but I'm sure some keys/values were added. I'm trying to understand, since you didn't use this method what you did. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ _________________________________________ "Marc Bressman" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Office 2003 / Office XP Shortcut Bar
Hi Chad,
I needed the Visual Keyboard - I work in two languages. I am using Office 2003. When I tried to install the k/b I got a message saying that i could not install the k/b because I did not have and Office 2000 installed so I tried just what you did. I installed a couple of tools from Office 2000 and was then able to install the Key Board. All was well until I tried to answer an email in Outlook. Although I had selected Word 2003 as my default editor I got a message that Word 2003 was not available and Outlook was launching its own editor. I think that when I installed Office 2003/ tools I somehow made Word 2003 invisable to Outlook 2003. I am going to try uninstalling Office 2003 in total and then reinstall it to see if the last man in sets the key. What i don't understand is just why MS discontinue popular add ins like Tool bar and Visual Key Board from the latest version of Office. "Chad Harris" wrote: Mark I haven't had any trouble every time I've tried to get the OSB from Office XP to coexist with the Tools from MOS 2003, by simply installing MOS2003, then in Office XP's setup selecting the SB or any/all the tools from XP. They work fine. I didn't have to go to the registry; but I'm sure some keys/values were added. I'm trying to understand, since you didn't use this method what you did. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ _________________________________________ "Marc Bressman" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Chad,
The reason I did what I did (and posted it here) is for the exact reason that I didn't want what happened to Peebs (or something similar) in his reply to your post which was a reply to mine to happen to me. I know as well as the next person that when you install a microsoft product, the installation routine and process does a lot more than you can see, and since Microsoft doesn't recommend installing an older version of Office on top of a newer one, I was fearful of what would happen if I were to try installing even just the OSB from Office XP on top of Office 2003...especially after my research and reading about some other people who had problems doing just that. Therefore, I decided to see if I could get the OSB from Office XP to work without having to run any install processes. Apparently all the registry entries were already there (probably because I had previously had Office XP and Office XP's OSB installed before upgrading to Office 2003), and so all I had to do was add a few files to particular locations (see my original post) and figure out the correct command-line switches for Office XP's osa.exe file and voila...I got the Office XP OSB working without having to run any kind of install process. I hope this explains what I was aiming for and the reason I posted my results... - marc "Chad Harris" wrote in message ... Mark I haven't had any trouble every time I've tried to get the OSB from Office XP to coexist with the Tools from MOS 2003, by simply installing MOS2003, then in Office XP's setup selecting the SB or any/all the tools from XP. They work fine. I didn't have to go to the registry; but I'm sure some keys/values were added. I'm trying to understand, since you didn't use this method what you did. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ __________________________ _______________ "Marc Bressman" wrote in message ... 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.CH M 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 |
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Peebs-
I feel badly for any problems you are having if my suggestion set them up. I appreciate that every office reference on the web, experienced users, quality sites, MVPs, and books recommend always installing the older version of Office and any of its apps *first* including the relatively user friendly setup of MOS 2003 for coexisting versions of Office. This is probably mentioned in a number of scatterd MSKBs, and I looked for an explanation of *why* this is generally necessary but couldn't find one. Maybe someone will offer this. Since I haven't had the problem you described with several different Office 2003 and XP toolbar installations, I didn't think you would. Also there is a valid caveat to make sure you don't install Office where there is limited free space on the drive because Office setup requires a lot of extra space to work with temporary files. Your point as to why they just don't include the options for these old tools that people are fond of or need very badly for their day to day work like the Visual keyboard for you is very well taken. I wish they would make them available, allowing Office to be more versatile for people rather than to just eliminate features they have grown to use and need. There is an Office feedback mechanism: http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...8391033&CTT=98 I know that I used a download of Office Sounds for Outlook that was labled for previous versions of Office, 2000 and XP and it worked fine and, I asked first if anyone was having problems and several people said it was working fine. I wonder if you can download the Viasual keyboard and this would work? Office XP/2000 Add-in: Microsoft Visual Keyboard Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Automatically Switch Keyboard Languages: http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...EP%2cDC%2 cXT Use Visual Keyboard to work with different keyboard layouts: http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...EP%2cDC%2 cXT Use a keyboard layout for a specific language http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...EP% 2cDC%2cXT Marc B.-- I understand and appreciate your method as a very useful alternative for people to accomplish installing some of the older version tools. I also wonder if during setup you could use one of the tools from the Resource kit to preserve the tools from XP or a particular tool from an older version. This would accomplish having any component of an older version installed first if that impacts problems like Peebs. There have been 2 or 3 other successful methods posted in this group recently (in the last 2-4 weeks). I think it would be worthwhile for MSFT to cull these methods (like yours) and perhaps post them on their site and in an MSKB so that people could get use these older features problem free with MOS 2003 or the next version. There seems to be a palpable ground swell of requests to do this, and I'll do my best to make suggestions in whatever venue I can find. There are mechanisms as you probably know within MOS 2003 and on the site besides MS Wish to send suggestions. Office Feedback Mechanism http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...8391033&CTT=98 Also it is obvious that you can set up a quick launch toolbar to simulate the toolbar, or right click drag and drop a shortcut to the desktop or folder for running Office applications, opening documents or displaying programs. . You can double click the shortcut in Explorer, a folder window, or the Windows desktop. You can drag shortcuts for Office programs or documents to your start menu or any folder. Exceptions would be Office tools like MSFT Graph and MSFT Equation, called OLEs (object linking and embedding servers) that can be run only when an object is embeded in an Office doc instead of as stand-alones. Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office with Office 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=off2003 From the above KB 828956: *Order of Installation* "If you want to install and use more than one version of Office on the same computer, you must install the earliest version first. For example, if you want to use both Office 97 and Microsoft Office XP on the same computer, install Office 97 first. You must follow this step because of the way that registry keys, shared programs, file extensions, and other settings are managed for each version of Office, and for the programs that are included with each version of Office." I know that for example, in Office 2000 keeping separate versions requires that you specify a different location for program files, and I have seen a lot of reflex posts on newsgroups to do this in Office 2003. But in fact, Office 2003 does not require this. The Windows installer for MOS 2003 will take care of this. I have read ( for example in Woody Leonhard's Que book on Office) that there are some caveats and here are three he mentions paraphrased: 1) Launching documents icons launches the MOS 2003 version of the program; to open a document in Word 2K you have to open Word 2K first. 2) There could be file format incompatibilities. 3) Because of VBA changes, object models or capabilities, macros created in MOS 2003 may not work properly when opened in other Office versions. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _______ "Peebs" wrote in message ... Hi Chad, I needed the Visual Keyboard - I work in two languages. I am using Office 2003. When I tried to install the k/b I got a message saying that i could not install the k/b because I did not have and Office 2000 installed so I tried just what you did. I installed a couple of tools from Office 2000 and was then able to install the Key Board. All was well until I tried to answer an email in Outlook. Although I had selected Word 2003 as my default editor I got a message that Word 2003 was not available and Outlook was launching its own editor. I think that when I installed Office 2003/ tools I somehow made Word 2003 invisable to Outlook 2003. I am going to try uninstalling Office 2003 in total and then reinstall it to see if the last man in sets the key. What i don't understand is just why MS discontinue popular add ins like Tool bar and Visual Key Board from the latest version of Office. "Chad Harris" wrote: Mark I haven't had any trouble every time I've tried to get the OSB from Office XP to coexist with the Tools from MOS 2003, by simply installing MOS2003, then in Office XP's setup selecting the SB or any/all the tools from XP. They work fine. I didn't have to go to the registry; but I'm sure some keys/values were added. I'm trying to understand, since you didn't use this method what you did. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ _________________________________________ "Marc Bressman" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Office 2003 / Office XP Shortcut Bar--to Peebs & Marc B.
Chad,
I almost missed your reply to my message...luckily I scrolled down in your reply to Peebs. Anyway, I agree that MS should definitely take a bunch of these "solutions" and post them somewhere, as it seems that many many people are unhappy with the absence of the OSB in Office 2003. Oh well....that's Microsoft I guess Anyway, I hope people find my solution somewhat useful! - marc "Chad Harris" wrote in message ... Peebs- I feel badly for any problems you are having if my suggestion set them up. I appreciate that every office reference on the web, experienced users, quality sites, MVPs, and books recommend always installing the older version of Office and any of its apps *first* including the relatively user friendly setup of MOS 2003 for coexisting versions of Office. This is probably mentioned in a number of scatterd MSKBs, and I looked for an explanation of *why* this is generally necessary but couldn't find one. Maybe someone will offer this. Since I haven't had the problem you described with several different Office 2003 and XP toolbar installations, I didn't think you would. Also there is a valid caveat to make sure you don't install Office where there is limited free space on the drive because Office setup requires a lot of extra space to work with temporary files. Your point as to why they just don't include the options for these old tools that people are fond of or need very badly for their day to day work like the Visual keyboard for you is very well taken. I wish they would make them available, allowing Office to be more versatile for people rather than to just eliminate features they have grown to use and need. There is an Office feedback mechanism: http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...8391033&CTT=98 I know that I used a download of Office Sounds for Outlook that was labled for previous versions of Office, 2000 and XP and it worked fine and, I asked first if anyone was having problems and several people said it was working fine. I wonder if you can download the Viasual keyboard and this would work? Office XP/2000 Add-in: Microsoft Visual Keyboard Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Automatically Switch Keyboard Languages: http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...EP%2cDC%2 cXT Use Visual Keyboard to work with different keyboard layouts: http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...EP%2cDC%2 cXT Use a keyboard layout for a specific language http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...EP% 2cDC%2cXT Marc B.-- I understand and appreciate your method as a very useful alternative for people to accomplish installing some of the older version tools. I also wonder if during setup you could use one of the tools from the Resource kit to preserve the tools from XP or a particular tool from an older version. This would accomplish having any component of an older version installed first if that impacts problems like Peebs. There have been 2 or 3 other successful methods posted in this group recently (in the last 2-4 weeks). I think it would be worthwhile for MSFT to cull these methods (like yours) and perhaps post them on their site and in an MSKB so that people could get use these older features problem free with MOS 2003 or the next version. There seems to be a palpable ground swell of requests to do this, and I'll do my best to make suggestions in whatever venue I can find. There are mechanisms as you probably know within MOS 2003 and on the site besides MS Wish to send suggestions. Office Feedback Mechanism http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...8391033&CTT=98 Also it is obvious that you can set up a quick launch toolbar to simulate the toolbar, or right click drag and drop a shortcut to the desktop or folder for running Office applications, opening documents or displaying programs. . You can double click the shortcut in Explorer, a folder window, or the Windows desktop. You can drag shortcuts for Office programs or documents to your start menu or any folder. Exceptions would be Office tools like MSFT Graph and MSFT Equation, called OLEs (object linking and embedding servers) that can be run only when an object is embeded in an Office doc instead of as stand-alones. Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Office with Office 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=off2003 From the above KB 828956: *Order of Installation* "If you want to install and use more than one version of Office on the same computer, you must install the earliest version first. For example, if you want to use both Office 97 and Microsoft Office XP on the same computer, install Office 97 first. You must follow this step because of the way that registry keys, shared programs, file extensions, and other settings are managed for each version of Office, and for the programs that are included with each version of Office." I know that for example, in Office 2000 keeping separate versions requires that you specify a different location for program files, and I have seen a lot of reflex posts on newsgroups to do this in Office 2003. But in fact, Office 2003 does not require this. The Windows installer for MOS 2003 will take care of this. I have read ( for example in Woody Leonhard's Que book on Office) that there are some caveats and here are three he mentions paraphrased: 1) Launching documents icons launches the MOS 2003 version of the program; to open a document in Word 2K you have to open Word 2K first. 2) There could be file format incompatibilities. 3) Because of VBA changes, object models or capabilities, macros created in MOS 2003 may not work properly when opened in other Office versions. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ __________________________ _______________________________ "Peebs" wrote in message ... Hi Chad, I needed the Visual Keyboard - I work in two languages. I am using Office 2003. When I tried to install the k/b I got a message saying that i could not install the k/b because I did not have and Office 2000 installed so I tried just what you did. I installed a couple of tools from Office 2000 and was then able to install the Key Board. All was well until I tried to answer an email in Outlook. Although I had selected Word 2003 as my default editor I got a message that Word 2003 was not available and Outlook was launching its own editor. I think that when I installed Office 2003/ tools I somehow made Word 2003 invisable to Outlook 2003. I am going to try uninstalling Office 2003 in total and then reinstall it to see if the last man in sets the key. What i don't understand is just why MS discontinue popular add ins like Tool bar and Visual Key Board from the latest version of Office. "Chad Harris" wrote: Mark I haven't had any trouble every time I've tried to get the OSB from Office XP to coexist with the Tools from MOS 2003, by simply installing MOS2003, then in Office XP's setup selecting the SB or any/all the tools from XP. They work fine. I didn't have to go to the registry; but I'm sure some keys/values were added. I'm trying to understand, since you didn't use this method what you did. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ __________________________ _______________ "Marc Bressman" wrote in message ... 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 |
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A very interesting thread. I think that my problem stems from the fact that following an OS crash I simply reinstalled Office 2003 and then tried to add Key Board etc. Prior ro the crash I had installed 2003 OVER the earlier version. I will try to reverse the order to see if that works. "Marc Bressman" wrote: Chad, The reason I did what I did (and posted it here) is for the exact reason that I didn't want what happened to Peebs (or something similar) in his reply to your post which was a reply to mine to happen to me. I know as well as the next person that when you install a microsoft product, the installation routine and process does a lot more than you can see, and since Microsoft doesn't recommend installing an older version of Office on top of a newer one, I was fearful of what would happen if I were to try installing even just the OSB from Office XP on top of Office 2003...especially after my research and reading about some other people who had problems doing just that. Therefore, I decided to see if I could get the OSB from Office XP to work without having to run any install processes. Apparently all the registry entries were already there (probably because I had previously had Office XP and Office XP's OSB installed before upgrading to Office 2003), and so all I had to do was add a few files to particular locations (see my original post) and figure out the correct command-line switches for Office XP's osa.exe file and voila...I got the Office XP OSB working without having to run any kind of install process. I hope this explains what I was aiming for and the reason I posted my results... - marc "Chad Harris" wrote in message ... Mark I haven't had any trouble every time I've tried to get the OSB from Office XP to coexist with the Tools from MOS 2003, by simply installing MOS2003, then in Office XP's setup selecting the SB or any/all the tools from XP. They work fine. I didn't have to go to the registry; but I'm sure some keys/values were added. I'm trying to understand, since you didn't use this method what you did. Chad Harris __________________________________________________ __________________________ _______________ "Marc Bressman" wrote in message ... 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.CH M 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 |
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