You receive a "Command line option syntax error" error message when you install Office 2000 (220791)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professoinal
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Standard
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2000
  • Microsoft Excel 2000
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q220791

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Office 2000, you may receive the following error message:
Command line option syntax error. Type Command /? for Help.

CAUSE

This error occurs when you install Office 2000 from a source that contains spaces in the path name. For example, if you install from a server named "\\myserver\Office 2000 Setup", you receive the error.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, modify the source path so that it does not contain any spaces.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbtshoot kbsetup kbprb kbpending KB220791
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