Don't know why they would do it. Another source has says that they can reside on the same hard drive in separate directories if you don't do any overwrite or replaces while installing Excel. Problem is that when you do that , you may risk losing some functionality. (Not to mention that I would hate to explain that to my dad over the phone.) Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com Get OneNote answers at http://www.onenoteanswers.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:33 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Need help: Parent with Works 7.0 is having problems installing Excel 2003 Wow...really? Why on earth would Microsoft do that? Thanks for letting us know though Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************