OFF2000: "Keep these programs" Check Box Unavailable (226517)



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 Q226517

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Office Setup program and you click Customize in the Ready to Install dialog box, the Keep these programs check box is unavailable in the Remove Previous Versions dialog box.

CAUSE

The Keep these programs check box may be unavailable if any of the following are true:
  • You are installing Office into the same folder as an earlier version of Office. -or-

  • You originally installed an earlier version of Office to the default \Program Files\Microsoft Office folder, then uninstalled it and reinstalled it to a different folder. In this case, the assumption is that you are installing Office into the default \Program Files\Microsoft Office folder. -or-

  • You have an earlier version of Office installed to a folder other than the folder to which you are installing Office 2000, but you have an Office family program, Microsoft Project 98 for example, installed in the same folder in which you are installing Office 2000.

WORKAROUND

To work around any of the above situations, follow these steps:

  1. In the Microsoft Office 2000: Removing Previous Versions dialog box click Back.
  2. In the Microsoft Office 2000 Installation Location dialog box, change the folder specified in the Install Office 2000 at: box to something other than the previous or current location of your earlier Office installation.
  3. Click Next.
The Keep these programs check box will now be available.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/13/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB226517