OFF2000: Motionless Office Assistant Is Not Displayed in the Assistant Gallery (229414)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft Access 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Publisher 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q229414

SYMPTOMS

When you browse the Office Assistants on the Gallery tab of the Office Assistant dialog box, the Motionless Office Assistant is not displayed.

CAUSE

The Motionless Office Assistant (Stillogo.acs) is not displayed in the Office Assistant gallery if both of the following conditions are true:
  • You manually copied Stillogo.acs from the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit (ORK). -and-

  • You copied the file into any folder other than:

    \Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors.

    Using Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, the folder is

    \Winnt\Profiles\User name\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors.

    where User name is the person whose profile is being used.

RESOLUTION

To see the Motionless Office Assistant on the Gallery tab of the Office Assistant dialog box, follow these steps:
  1. Quit all Office programs.
  2. Move Stillogo.acs into one of the following folders, depending on the version of Windows you are using:

    Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows 98

    \Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors

    Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

    \Winnt\Profiles\User name\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors

    Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP

    \Documents and Settings\User name\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors

If you want the Motionless Office Assistant to be available for any user who has not yet logged on to a computer running Windows NT 4.0 (the user does not yet have a profile), follow these steps:
  1. Create the following folder structure under the Default User profile:

    \Winnt\Profiles\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors.

  2. Copy Stillogo.acs from the ORK into the Actors folder that you created in the previous step. This folder structure will be copied to a new user's profile the first time the user logs on.
If you want the Motionless Office Assistant to be available for any user who has not yet logged on to a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP (the user does not yet have a profile), follow these steps:
  1. Create the following folder structure under the Default User profile:

    \Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Actors.

  2. Copy Stillogo.acs into the folder.
This folder structure will be copied to a new user's profile the first time that the user logs on.

MORE INFORMATION

The Stillogo.acs file is located in the \PFiles\MSOffice\Office folder on the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit CD-ROM.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/28/2004
Keywords:kbprb KB229414