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SYMPTOMSWhen you install Microsoft Office 97, menu items on the Start menu that belong to Microsoft Office 95 programs are overwritten with menu items that belong to Microsoft Office 97 programs. CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the Microsoft Office 97 Setup program and the
Microsoft Office 95 Setup program are designed to create menu items with
the same names (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and so on) in the same
location on the Start menu. Because two sets of menu items cannot exist in
the same folder simultaneously, the older menu items are overwritten by the
newer Office 97 menu items. This behavior occurs unless you move the
Microsoft Office 95 menu items to a different location.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, move the Microsoft Office 95 menu items to a
different folder in the Programs folder. To do this, use the following
steps:
MORE INFORMATION
This behavior may cause problems if you need to run both Microsoft Office
95 and Microsoft Office 97 programs on the same computer. If this is the
case, use the workaround in this article to retain the Microsoft Office 95
menu items.
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