Multiple office versions on one computer: it is possible, but you should not do it
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/08/01
Wow, I didn’t even know this was possible, but I recently came across a few people that had actually done this: run multiple versions of Office on one computer.
Microsoft even has a couple of knowledge base articles on it and indicate it is not recommended (wow!), installation/update orders, and potential issues you will face.
I’ve added the respective office version ranges for each link:
- How to run multiple versions of Office on one computer: 4.5, 95, 97, 2000
- How to run multiple versions of Office on one computer: 4.2/4.3, 95, 97, 2000, XP
- Information about running multiple versions of Office with Office 2003: 97, 2000, XP, 2003
- Information about using 2007 Office suites and programs on a computer that is running another version of Office: 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
- Information about how to use Office 2010 suites and programs on a computer that is running another version of Office: XP, 2003, 2007, 2010
- Information about how to use Office 2013 suites and programs (MSI deployment) on a computer that is running another version of Office: x86 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013; x64 2010, 2013
–jeroen
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