Network Installation: .cag Files Not Read-Only (133162)

SYMPTOMS

If you perform a Workstation setup of PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 or Office for Windows 95, version 7.0 and choose to leave the shared components on the network server, you may receive an error similar to the following the first time you run ClipArt Gallery:

The ClipArt Gallery could not add the ClipArt package PowerPoint Popular Clip Art

To make the package available to the ClipArt Gallery, re-run setup for the application which included this ClipArt package.

This error occurs after someone with administrative rights to the Pcsfiles folder on the server has successfully run ClipArt Gallery.

CAUSE

When you perform an Administrative mode setup of Microsoft PowerPoint or Office, the .cag files used in setting up the ClipArt Gallery are not flagged Read Only. This means they can be deleted or moved by anyone who has administrative rights to the Pcsfiles folder.

The first time you run ClipArt Gallery, the individual .cag files in the PCSfiles folder are merged into a single Artgalry.cag file. ClipArt Gallery then tries to delete the .cag files in the Pcsfiles folder. If you have administrative rights to this folder and run ClipArt Gallery, the individual .cag files are deleted, and any later attempt to install ClipArt Gallery will fail.

RESOLUTION

Under most circumstances, this should not be a problem, because most network users don't have administrative rights to the shared application directories. To prevent this problem from happening accidentally, mark the Pcsfiles folder Read Only before running the first workstation installation.

If Office is installed to drive X in a folder called Msoffice, the Pcsfiles location is:

   X:\Msoffice\Clipart\Pcsfiles

NOTE: Do not mark the individual .cag files Read Only, unless you are sure that no one will perform a local installation from the Administrative setup.

Network Installation: .cag Files Not Read-Only (133162)

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