Re: Microsoft Works
Thanks Dapper Dan,
Will give it a go.
Ed
"Dapper Dan" <dapperdan@home.com> wrote in message
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> Ed
>
> Can't help you with your WORKS problem, although I would have thought that
> SFC might have helped, you might be interested in looking at OPEN OFFICE,
as
> a replacement office suite. It's free and it competes fairly well with
> Microsoft Office. It's been a few years since we had it on our Windows Me
> laptop, but if I recall, the only problem was its large footprint.....the
> office suite includes a spreadsheet, word processor, data base, a power
> point type presentation, and I think a couple of others. Don't know if
it's
> still the same but when we used it, you had to install the whole suite.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Dan
> "Ed Meza" <tony_nospam24@q.com> wrote in message
> news:OWru5LH6HHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Thank you for your responses.
> > Mike, the article you provided is pertinent. However, I still have the
> > problem of not having an installation disc.
> > Helmsman, no, the window mesage that appears does not tell you which
> > file(s)
> > are missing or corrupted....just *some file(s) may be missing or
corrupted
> > &
> > to reinstall Works.*
> > Norman, even if most of the files are where you say they are, I really
> > don't
> > know which one is missing - or worse, corrupted. I have not deleted
files
> > to
> > gain space.
> > An O.J. I thought I'd get lucky with your instructions through
Add/Remove
> > Programs, however my system's wizard did not give me the options to
> > remove,
> > reinstall or customize the MS Works installation. The wizard just asked
> > to
> > insert installation disc. Again, I'm running Windows ME, Microsoft
Works
> > is
> > version 5.0.
> > Questions....
> > 1) How about removing the whole program. Is it then possible to
> > re-installing from a link? Or an installation disc is a must?
> > 2) How about a better program than MS Works suitable to Windows
> > Millennium?
> > Thanks again,
> > Ed
> >
> > "O.J. Newman" <ojn@zoominternet.net> wrote in message
> > news:eiDMw0$5HHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi Ed!
> >>
> >> I had a similar problem with MS Works 7.0 on Win XP SP2 Home Edition.
> >>
> >> My solution was to open the "Add/Change Programs" feature in the
Control
> >> Panel, find the listing for MS Works, and click on the "Change" - not
the
> >> "Remove" button" This will open an installation wizard that will give
you
> >> the option to "Remove", "Reinstall", or "Customize" the MS Works
> >> installation.
> >>
> >> Here I chose "Reinstall", and it did a reinstall of MS Works, and
> > afterwards
> >> I no longer received the missing file error message, and MS Works,
well,
> >> worked <g>.
> >>
> >> You may want to give this a go as an easy way to possibly remedy your
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> O.J.
> >>
> >> "Ed Meza" <tony_nospam24@q.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OHIs2V05HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > When trying to access Microsoft Works, version 5.0 on Windows ME, I
get
> > a
> >> > message that reads: "A file is missing so Microsoft Works cannot
run.
> >> > Please reinstall Microsoft Works."
> >> > This software was functional and it came pre-installed when I
acquired
> > the
> >> > computer. I do not have a software disc to reinstall it.
> >> > Any ideas on how to make it work?
> >> > I have tried system restore and I still get the same message.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Ed
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
