Window Installer Loading when it should not!

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I have Office installed and it seems that my Installer keeps trying to open
the Excel program. Works fine with all other aspects of Office. I have had
this installed for around 2 years I guess, but can not figure out why this is
all of a sudden a issue. If I keep canceling the installer it will eventually
open up the Excel workbook.

Does anyone have a solution? This software was preinstalled with my school
and I don't have the disk, there must be another way around this.
 
Many Office installs do not have 100% of the feature sets installed.
Many are set to install on 1st Use. When you call on a option that
isn't installed, the Office installer will attempt to run and include the
missing components. That's one reason, why I always place the CD
contents on the hard drive - just to cover this type of occurrence.
To clear this, you'll likely need the install media, otherwise it will
continue to try and run the .Msi
 
Hard to say - most times I'm faced with that condition, I just provide
the media it wants to satisfy the install needs. Not really sure how to
"Cancel" or keep it from trying to load the missing components. You
might want to post in one of the Office Newsgroups, probably Excel
since that seems to be your particular app that triggered it. I doubt
the school will provide you with media (CD/Drive folder) - but you've
got nothing to loose by asking. Just remind them about the need to
have the capability to add components or ask them to install 100%
of the Office suite on your computer, so you're not exposed to this
happening in the future.
 
Kusty

Have you recently run ccCleaner? I

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Sure did Gerry, thanks. I actually went right back into the registry to see
the settings and checked for the Auto/Manual settings to the program. I am
hoping that the tech number from the school which installed it will help me
out. I'll be sure to post any results that I do find. Seems like there are a
lot of people with simular problems here. Wonder if SP2 had anything to do
with it....hmmm....thanks again Gerry.
 
That will be a def McCarty. The school may help me out as well. They owe
me...(for the price I paid...kiddin). thanks
 
Kusty

Some knowledgeable friends are currently engaged in a discussion about
the problem and fairly identified ccCleaner being implicated. I will
read the debate and see if I can find out more to help you.

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Kusty

Use the Local Installation Source Tool. See here for details:
When you try to start a Microsoft Office 2003 program for the first
time, you receive the "Installation Error: File not Found" error message
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en;896866

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Thanks GTS....I'm a bit worried about possibly losing my Office with this.
Should I be concerned?

Example: Problem lies with Office Pro...what exactly would happen if I click
remove thru this program? I can not reinstall as it was preinstalled.
 
It shouldn't harm Office, though I never say never. It removes
installations in process, not the program itself. I've used this
successfully a number of times to fix client's machines with exactly the
problem you're having, which seems to be surprisingly common.
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GTS

I posted this earlier but there seems to be delays in the system.

Use the Local Installation Source Tool. See here for details:
When you try to start a Microsoft Office 2003 program for the first
time, you receive the "Installation Error: File not Found" error message
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en;896866


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Interesting, Thanks. I suspect though that if that were the problem, it
would affect all the office applications and not just Excel.
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GTS

It's more than just Excel! Front Page for another. I may be able to
provide a more comprehensive list later.

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Well, unfortunately, niether worked. The cleaner took my access away all
together to Office. I restored it from backup and am back at square one. I
thought I had fixed it before, then I got an update and it started again. And
yes those have been removed and reinstalled. Stumped!!!
 
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