why am i being prompted to insert the Office XP CD each time I start Office?

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chris

This is a mystery to me. For the longest time, Office
functioned normally. Then, all of a sudden, every time I
load an Office application, the Windows installer starts
trying to install some unknown functionality; then, when it
can't locate the install CD, it chokes. Canceling the
dialogs (because it does this twice) results in a normal
load of the application; however, I'm a developer
attempting to build and test some OLE functionality and my
procedure is hanging when the installer starts demanding
the CD.

Does anyone have any clues?
 
Chris

There are quite a few reasons for this to happen, right down to clicking a
shortcut which no longer points to the installed version so clicking it
starts windows installerand asks for the CD.

Have you by any chance changed the installed language or you default
international settings in windows?

This KB article explains it

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290740&Product=xl2002

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
(e-mail address removed)
 
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