My wife was having problems opening a Microsoft Works spreadsheet on her laptop. She had opened it and used it the night before with no problem. It's on a Sandi's memory stick BTW. She keeps getting a message that says:

Microsoft Works cannot open another spreadsheet or database. You can only have 6 worksheets or databases open at ONE time. Close at least one spreadsheet or database and then try again.

I TOOK her memory stick and tried the same THING on our home computer to no avail. I then copied the particular spreadsheet to a floppy and it still would not open. I tried to open different ones and received the same message. What 's the deal?

I'm using Microsoft Works 2004.No takers?Have you copied this MS Works file to the Desktop?

Quick question, you haven't been able to open the file on any other computer?No I havent but I'll give it a try, and I haven't been able to open it on my home computer either.Try it on as many computers as you can.
If it still wont open, you may have to face the fact that the data is lost.My wife can open them on the computer at her BUSINESS. To open a spreadsheet, does it matter if the spreadsheet has been created by a different version of Works?Yes.

If the version the Works file is created in is higher than the version you have at home, you cannot open it.

They must be the same version.

I'm sure you can SAVE the works file as an older version to allow older version of MS Works to open it.That's probably it then. I had originally thought I was using 04 as my wife's business but I had gotten an 07 version from work and also loaded the same on her laptop.