installation package error message

[vimesfan]

I am using PowerPoint 2003. A while back, I downloaded something from the
Microsoft site, which I think was an add-in. Ever since then I have been
getting this error every time I open PowerPoint. I click on cancel, the
message pops up again. The computer and I repeat this cycle a couple more
times, and the message goes away until I want to use PowerPoint again.

While I don't care if it actually gets installed, I would like to stop the
error message from coming up. The exact message is:

"The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is
unavailable.

Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
installation package 'ppttpwiz.msi' in the box below."

Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

vimesfan

see
The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is
unavailable" error message when you click a feature in an Office 2003
program


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828376


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
Microsoft Powerpoint MVP

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[vimesfan]

Thank you. My problem is that I am working on a computer that was imaged 3
years ago by our IT department. I don't have access to the install discs. I
just want PowerPoint to quit trying to install this item.

Is there a way to just tell it to quit trying?

 

[vimesfan]

Here's what I got when I checked the installed add-ins.

COM Add-ins

============

MultiMgrAddIn.AddInDesigner1
Microsoft PowerPoint Presenter Tools
PptDTCW.Connect
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Template Wizard


Thanks.

Vimesfan

 

[vimesfan]

Steve,
Thank you for the information. Actually, what helped the most was your link
to the instructions from Shyam Pliiai. Under the question "I cannot unload
my add-in", it talks about how to clear it from the registry. I did not find
it under the current user list, but did find it under the "local machine"
listings. I removed the key, and the error message no longer pops up.

I tried adding commands to the tool bar, but no add-ins were listed, even
though there is a second add-in installed that does not cause me any problems.

Thank you again.

Vimesfan