OFF98: Configurations Dialog Box May Not Appear (185000)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q185000

SYMPTOMS

If you click Configurations on the File menu in the Configuration Manager, you cannot save a configuration.

CAUSE

Even though the Configurations menu item appears on the File menu in the Configuration Manager, you cannot save the configuration if the following conditions are true:

  • You install Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.

    -and-
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer is not installed.
Microsoft Office 98 does not install the Configurations panel in the System Folder:MS Preferences Panels folder.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Insert the Microsoft Office 98 compact disc (CD).
  2. Open the Microsoft Internet folder.
  3. Double-click the Internet Explorer 4.0 Installer icon.
  4. When the installer is finished, click Restart.
  5. On the Apple menu, point to Control Panels, and then click Configuration Manager.
  6. On the File menu, click Configurations.
  7. Click Save in the dialog box that prompts you to save changes to your preferences.

    The Configurations dialog box appears.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Office 98 installs the following devices in the System Folder:MS Preference Panels folder:

Advanced Networking
Cookies
File Helpers
General E-mail
Home and Search
Password Dialogs
Protocol Helpers
Proxies
Ratings
Security
User Passwords

Internet Explorer 4.0 also installs the following additional devices in this same folder:

Configurations
Downloads
Java
Language and Fonts
Security Zones
Subscriptions
Utility Dialogs
Web Browser UI
Web Content

Each of these panels add an item to the scrollable list in the Configuration Manager dialog box. When you select an item in the list, you can enter information relevant to the item, which allows you to customize your Internet preferences.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/28/2005
Keywords:kbprb kbweb KB185000
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