Installing Excel 4.0 over Excel 3.0

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article contains general information on how you install Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0, over Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 3.0.

MORE INFORMATION

When you install version 4.0 over an existing installation of version 3.0, a number of files are replaced or removed; no directories, however, are erased. User files are not erased unless they were given the same filename as one of the Microsoft Excel files that is erased (see below for a list of files that are removed during Setup).

Following are some special considerations when you set up Microsoft Excel over a previous version:

For more information on how you set up Microsoft Excel on a network see the NETWORK.TXT file located on the Excel Setup disk (disk 1).

If Q+E was installed in the previous version it may be necessary for you to remove the QEXXX.DLL files from the Windows\System directory. For complete details on this see the QEREADME.TXT file located in the Excel directory.

If you are using SQL Server version 4.2 or greater, the following two files should be removed from the Excel Directory after you install Microsoft Excel and Q+E:

   W3DBLIB.DLL
   DBNMP3.DLL

For more information and changes to the documentation see the README.TXT file located in your Excel directory.

Following is a list of all files that are deleted by the Microsoft Excel version 4.0 Setup program:

NOTE: Some of these files are replaced by new versions.

   LIBRARY\CROSSTAB.XLA
   XLSTART\SOLVER\SOLVER.XLA
   XLSTART\SOLVER\REPORT.XLA
   XLSTART\SOLVER\SOLVER.EXE
   SOLVEREX\SAMPLE.XLC
   SOLVEREX\SAMPLE.XLM
   SOLVEREX\SAMPLE.XLS
   SOLVEREX\SOLVER1.XLS
   SOLVEREX\SOLVER2.XLS
   SOLVEREX\SOLVER3.XLS
   SOLVEREX\SOLVER4.XLS
   SOLVEREX\SOLVER5.XLS
   SOLVEREX\SOLVER6.XLS
   XLSTART\SMI.XLA
   XLSTART\QEMACRO\QESTART.XLA
   XLSTART\QEMACRO\QE.XLA
   EXCELCBT\BUDGET91\SALES.WK1
   EXCELCBT\APERTURE.XLS
   EXCELCBT\AUTOREG.XLS
   EXCELCBT\BLUESKY.XLS
   EXCELCBT\CARNATIO.XLS
   EXCELCBT\CBT.XLM
   EXCELCBT\CHARTLES.XLM
   EXCELCBT\CHUSIN.XLW
   EXCELCBT\CHWHAT.XLW
   EXCELCBT\DELI.XLM
   EXCELCBT\DELI.XLS
   EXCELCBT\EXCELCBT.DLL
   EXCELCBT\EXPORTS.XLS
   EXCELCBT\FALLCITY.XLS
   EXCELCBT\FINANQ4.WK1
   EXCELCBT\GRADES.XLM
   EXCELCBT\GRADES.XLS
   EXCELCBT\GROWTH.XLS
   EXCELCBT\INTRO.XLM
   EXCELCBT\INTRO.XLS
   EXCELCBT\INTRO.XLW
   EXCELCBT\LINK1.XLS
   EXCELCBT\LINK2.XLS
   EXCELCBT\MACRO1.XLM
   EXCELCBT\MCUSIN.XLW
   EXCELCBT\MCWHAT.XLW
   EXCELCBT\NEWAUTO.XLS
   EXCELCBT\OREGON.XLC
   EXCELCBT\OREGON2.XLC
   EXCELCBT\RANDOM.XLM
   EXCELCBT\REGSALES.XLS
   EXCELCBT\REVENUE.WK3
   EXCELCBT\ROURK.XLS
   EXCELCBT\SALES.WK1
   EXCELCBT\SALESQ1.WKS
   EXCELCBT\SALESREP.XLS
   EXCELCBT\SALESTOT.XLS
   EXCELCBT\SWCHART.XLM
   EXCELCBT\SWCHART.XLW
   EXCELCBT\SWMACRO.XLW
   EXCELCBT\VALESCO.XLS
   EXCELCBT\WCCLIENT.XLM
   EXCELCBT\WCCLIENT.XLS
   EXCELCBT\WCPRESC.XLS
   EXCELCBT\WCSALES.XLS
   EXCELCBT\XLWHAT.XLW
   LIBRARY\AMORTIZE.XLS
   LIBRARY\BILL.XLT
   LIBRARY\BREAKEVN.XLS
   LIBRARY\BUDGET.XLS
   LIBRARY\COLLEGE.XLS
   LIBRARY\COLLHELP.XLM
   LIBRARY\SALEANAL.XLM
   LIBRARY\SALEANAL.XLS
   LIBRARY\SALETRAC.XLW
   LIBRARY\SHEETAID.XLA
   LIBRARY\SLIDES.XLA
   PREV.FON

REFERENCES

"QEREADME.TXT," Microsoft Excel, version 4.0, located in the Excel directory after setup

"README.TXT," Microsoft Excel, version 4.0, located in the Excel directory after setup

"NETWORK.TXT," Microsoft Excel, version 4.0, located on the Setup disk (disk 1)