You receive an "Error applying transforms" error message when you run Office 2000 Setup from a hyperlink (228639)


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 Q228639

SYMPTOMS

When you run Office Setup, the following error message appears:
Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
  • You started Office Setup by clicking a hyperlink on a Web page.

    -and-

  • The Setup.ini file refers to a transform created by the Custom Installation Wizard (CIW).

    -and-

  • The reference to the transform in the Setup.ini file is not fully qualified.

RESOLUTION

This problem was resolved in the Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a) Administrator Update.

For additional information about obtaining and installing the Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a) Administrator Update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257983 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Apply the SR-1/SR-1a Update to Administrative Installations

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:kbsetup kbstartprogram kbtshoot kberrmsg kbbug kbpending KB228639
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