You receive a "Could not find a package to install on the installation media" error message when you run Office 2000 Setup from an administrative installation point (228677)
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 Q228677 SYMPTOMS
When you run Microsoft Office 2000 Setup, you receive the following error message:
Could not find a package to install on the installation media.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You run Setup from an administrative installation point.
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- You perform the Office 2000 administrative installation to a server location that contains an administrative installation of an earlier version of Office.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, perform the Office 2000 administrative installation into an empty folder.
If you want to retain the administrative installation of your earlier Office product, move the files in the administrative folder into another location, and reperform the administrative installation to install the earlier Office product back into the same folder.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/13/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB228677 |
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