[Problems with office 2003 and 2007 on same machine]

ok, so.. when I rebooted my comp, the default is 2003 as i wanted. But now a new problem. any time when word is open, my comp is sluggish. when i drag an open folder window around, it moves in clicks.(not smoothly like when word is not open)

how do i remove all the modification to the registry except the default open settings? I still want the deafult open to be office 2003. i want to get rid of other registries.

Do you have a code for doing that?

Thanks so much.

[Problems with office 2003 and 2007 on same machine]

I also tried this on my windows vista 64 bit machine and nothing happend. it will pop up the cmd window but no changes are made.

also on 64 bit os, there are 2 program files folders. program files and then program files(x86)

[Problems with office 2003 and 2007 on same machine]

When i try to run it as admin, little popup windows show up. it says on the title bar, "microsoft excel" And the message says, one of your object libraries(stdole32.tlb) is missing or damaged. please run setup to install it.

Then it runs the setup a few times. then microsoft access starts. if i close the access, then setup runs again. then the cmd windows stops. Then if i right click on an office file, it has the open with, but only one version of the office. my default is 2003. it also has open office options because I have it installed, but not office 2007.

C:\Windows\system32>Rem -- Reenable Excel, Access, PowerPoint 2003:

C:\Windows\system32>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Excel.exe" /regs

erver

C:\Windows\system32>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\PowerPnt.exe" /r

egserver

C:\Windows\system32>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\MSAccess.exe" /r

egserver

C:\Windows\system32>Rem -- Setup Right-click menu for 2003 & 2007 choices

C:\Windows\system32>RegEdit /s C:\Program Files\TweakMSO.reg

C:\Windows\system32>Rem -- Stop MS-Word from re-registering

C:\Windows\system32>RegEdit /s C:\Program Files\NoRereg.reg

C:\Windows\system32>Rem -- Return Microsoft Word default to Office-2003!

C:\Windows\system32>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WinWord.exe" /r

C:\Windows\system32>pause

Press any key to continue . . .

[Problems with office 2003 and 2007 on same machine]

Thank you very much for making this. But when I tried it, it brought up a setup window and did something... But still no Shell menu with "open with 2003 or 2007"

Not sure what I did wrong. I put all the files in the folder you specified. And clocked on install.cmd file. I only have one user account on my computer. Windows vista 32 bit. home basic edition.

[Problems with office 2003 and 2007 on same machine]

Is there a way to do this all at once for all office applications? Currently office 2003 is my default, but I like the idea of having context menu allowing me to choose office 2007 when I need.

Except I'm not sure where all these regedit keys are supposed to go. And having to add them individually seems a bit too much work.

if there is a way to do this for all the office application, that will be great.

Thanks for any info.

heres a little registry tweak that puts open with 2003 and open with 2007 in the right click context menu (dosent work with files created in Access 2007):

REGEDIT4

;----- MS Access Menu Items:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application.11\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application.11\shell\Access2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Access 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application.11\shell\Access2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\MSACCESS.EXE\" /NOSTARTUP \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application.11\shell\Access2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Access 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application.11\shell\Access2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE12\\MSACCESS.EXE\" /NOSTARTUP \"%1\""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.MDBFile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.MDBFile\shell\Access2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Access 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.MDBFile\shell\Access2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\MSACCESS.EXE\" /NOSTARTUP \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.MDBFile\shell\Access2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Access 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.MDBFile\shell\Access2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE12\\MSACCESS.EXE\" /NOSTARTUP \"%1\""

;----- MS PowerPoint Menu Items:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.8\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.8\shell\PowerPnt2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft PowerPoint 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.8\shell\PowerPnt2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office11\\POWERPNT.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.8\shell\PowerPnt2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.8\shell\PowerPnt2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\POWERPNT.EXE\" \"%1\""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.12\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.12\shell\PowerPnt2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft PowerPoint 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.12\shell\PowerPnt2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office11\\POWERPNT.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.12\shell\PowerPnt2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPoint.Show.12\shell\PowerPnt2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\POWERPNT.EXE\" \"%1\""

;----- MS Excel Menu Items:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Excel2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Excel 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Excel2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office11\\EXCEL.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Excel2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Excel 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.8\shell\Excel2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\EXCEL.EXE\" \"%1\""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Excel2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Excel 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Excel2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office11\\EXCEL.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Excel2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Excel 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Excel.Sheet.12\shell\Excel2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\EXCEL.EXE\" \"%1\""

;----- MS Word Menu Items:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Word2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Word 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Word2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\WINWORD.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Word2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Word 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Word2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE12\\WINWORD.EXE\" \"%1\""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Word2003]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Word 2003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Word2003\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE11\\WINWORD.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Word2007]
@="OPEN with Microsoft Word 2007"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Word2007\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\OFFICE12\\WINWORD.EXE\" \"%1\""

as for files automatically opening in 2007, i do have another script we use to make all files default to 2003.......