Office 97 error after upgrading Windows?

[Anas]

I recently upgraded my Windows 98 to Windows XP Pro. I am using Microsoft Office 97..... which was working pretty well in my windows 98. But now after upgrading to windows XP Pro, programs under office 97 are not working properly...
Can someone help me how to deal with this ?
thanks...

[Eric B]

If you are facing problems in progams with spreadsheets and documents that you are trying to open using office 97(such as error messages stating that the file cannot be found), then you must check whether the folder is in a different location than it was before. Because it sounds like Office is looking in all the wrong places for the documents.

Another option you can try is to set the default folder in which Office looks for documents. Even if it is set to the right directory, set it again.

[Glenny]

It seems the compatibility issue to me.
You may perform the following easy steps:

• Go to the Word icon.
• Right click on the icon.
• Select Properties.
• Cick on Compatibility tab.
• Under Compatibility Mode, you will see Run compatibility mode for and the drop-down menu for different versions of Windows operating systems.
• Check(tick mark) Run compatibility mode for and select Windows 98 from drop-down menu

[JonathanD]

Since you have upgraded your operating system from windows 98 to XP Pro,
I would suggest you to uninstall and reinstall Microsoft Office 97.
Reinstalling office 97 should fix all the problems you are facing in the programs under office 97.