How do I open .XLS documents in XP

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I have just purchased a "new to me" computer which has Windows XP installed.
I havce had the files from my old computer (it has windows 2000) now i cannot
open my Excel documents. If you could let me know what I can do to solve this
please email me at brianval@sasktel.net
Thanks

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"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:6BB6C116-6037-4A83-8BA3-F469950C7C28@microsoft.com:
> I have just purchased a "new to me" computer which has Windows XP
> installed. I havce had the files from my old computer (it has windows
> 2000) now i cannot open my Excel documents. If you could let me know
> what I can do to solve this please email me at brianval@sasktel.net
> Thanks

So what did you use on your old computer to view .xls files? Did you
have Excel installed? Does the old computer still exist with Excel
installed on it so it precludes you from installing Excel on your new
computer (i.e., you only have 1 license and it is inuse)? You could go
to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ to search under Excel for its
viewer to see if it lets you view your .xls files?

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Brian wrote:
> I have just purchased a "new to me" computer which has Windows XP
> installed. I havce had the files from my old computer (it has windows
> 2000) now i cannot open my Excel documents. If you could let me know
> what I can do to solve this please email me at brianval@sasktel.net
> Thanks


Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, are we...? Let's see, you need
to open an *EXCEL* file....think about it...it shouldn't tax your braincell
too much...
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lose his marbles?

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> Brian wrote:
>> I have just purchased a "new to me" computer which has Windows XP
>> installed. I havce had the files from my old computer (it has windows
>> 2000) now i cannot open my Excel documents. If you could let me know
>> what I can do to solve this please email me at brianval@sasktel.net
>> Thanks
>
>
> Not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, are we...? Let's see, you
> need
> to open an *EXCEL* file....think about it...it shouldn't tax your
> braincell
> too much...
> --
> My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
> lose his marbles?
>
>
>

Hi,

If you already installed MS excel and still can't open your file, it might be damaged by some reason. If necessary, you may try Advanced Excel Repair at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/ This tool is rather useful in salvaging damaged Excel xls files. Hope this is useful.

Alan