Transform files may not be applied when you try to install Office 2003 (818239)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Student and Teachers Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
  • Microsoft Office Access 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Microsoft Office 2003, and you use more than one Transform file to customize the installation, all the intended Transforms may not be applied during the installation. An error message does not appear and there is no log entry for the problem.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if you have modified the Setup.ini file, have added multiple entries to the [MST] section, and at least one of the values entered in this section has quotation marks surrounding the value. As a result, the first quoted entry and all MST entries after it are ignored.

For example: 
[MST]
 mst1=\\corpserv\apps\office2003\basic config.mst
 mst2="\\corpserv\apps\office2003\basic config.mst1"
 mst3=\\corpserv\apps\office2003\basic config.mst2
Only the first MST will be applied in this case.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, remove any quotation marks around the values in the [MST] section of Setup.ini.

Note Removing the quotes will not cause paths with spaces to fail.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/29/2006
Keywords:kbDeployment kbsetup kbfunctions kbwindowsinstaller kbprb KB818239 kbAudITPRO
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