The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.2, 4.3
SYMPTOMS
When you run the Microsoft Office Setup program, you may receive the
following error message after Setup searches for installed components:
Setup parse error in initialize pass
Object Id 40: appmaindlg object:
Unable to retrieve bitmap
If you upgrade Microsoft Office with Microsoft Word 6.0a and you run the
Microsoft Office Setup program in maintenance mode to add or remove a
Microsoft Word component, you may receive one of the following error
messages:
Setup Parse Error In Initialize Pass
Object id 137: CustomAction Object:
Bad procedure data value
-or-
Setup Parse Error In Initialize Pass
Object ID 28: Dialog Object:
Bad Hidden Data Value
CAUSE
These error messages may appear if you have lost allocation units on your
hard drive, or if there is an older copy of the SETUP.STF file on your hard
drive.
NOTE: The Setup Parse Error also occurs if you use the MS-DOS EXPAND.EXE
utility to decompress the file CTL3D.DL_, instead of using the
decompression utility DECOMP.EXE that is included with Microsoft Office.
WORKAROUNDS
- To avoid these error messages, use the CHKDSK /f command at the MS-DOS
command prompt to fix lost allocation units by doing the following:
1. Close Microsoft Windows.
2. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type "CHKDSK /f" (without the quotation
marks).
3. If lost allocation units are found, type "N" to avoid saving the
errors as files on your hard drive.
This will fix your file allocation table. If there are many lost clusters
reported, your hard drive may be fragmented and in need of optimization.
You can use a hard drive utilities application to optimize your drive.
- If the CHKDSK /F command does not correct this problem, do the
following:
1. In a text editor, such as Notepad, open your WIN.INI file.
2. Locate the [MS Setup (ACME) Table Files] section, and find the line
that begins with MSOFFICE.EXE. This line contains the location of the
Microsoft Office Setup Table File, SETUP.STF, such as
C:\MSOFFICE\SETUP\SETUP.STF. If there are multiple lines that begin
with MSOFFICE.EXE, remark any incorrect lines out by typing a
semicolon (;) at the beginning of each incorrect line.
3. Search your hard drive for SETUP.STF files. Verify that the SETUP.STF
file for Microsoft Office is located in the directory specified in
the WIN.INI file.
This problem can occur for example if you update Microsoft Office
from version 4.0 to 4.2 or 4.3. The version 4.0 SETUP.STF file may
still be on your computer, or your SETUP.STF file may have become
corrupt.
- If neither of the workarounds listed above correct this problem, rename
the SETUP.STF file located in your Microsoft Office directory, and run
the Microsoft Office Setup program again.
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