You receive an "Error applying transforms" error message when you use a transform in Office 2000 created on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Beta 3 (234574)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
- Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
- Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
- Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
This article was previously published under Q234574 SYMPTOMS When you run Office Setup using a transform, you may
receive the following error message: Error applying
transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.
Office creates two log files during the installation process, one for Setup.exe
and one for the Windows Installer. The log files are created in your Temp
folder and have a name similar to "Office 2000 Premium
Setup(0002)_MsiExec.txt." NOTE: The following text was taken from the Office 2000 Premium
Setup(####)_MsiExec.txt log file on a computer experiencing this problem:
1: 2759 2: \\Server1\Office_2K_A\EW.MST 3: 101 4: 26 5: 100
Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.
\\Server1\Office_2K_A\EW.MST CAUSE You may receive this error message if you created the
transform by using the Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) on a computer that is
running Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta 3.
WORKAROUND To prevent this error from occurring when you use the
transform, follow these steps:
- Install the CIW on a computer that is running a released
operating system.
- Start the CIW.
- In the Open the MST File dialog box, click to select Open an existing MST file.
- Locate and select the transform (.mst) you created
previously. Click Next.
- In the Select the MST File to Save dialog box, click Finish. This saves your transform again in the correct format without
making changes to the transform content.
- Run Setup using this newly saved copy of the
transform.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/2/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbtshoot kbstartprogram kberrmsg kbprb KB234574 |
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