The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMS
When you run the Office Setup program, either of the following problems occur:
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CAUSE
These problems will occur when you do either of the following:
WORKAROUNDTo use an environment variable such as %TEMP% on Windows 95 or later, specify these variables in the Setup.ini file instead of on the command-line. The log file location can be specified in the Path statement of the Logging section of the Setup.ini as in the following example: [Logging]NOTE: Both the Office Setup and Windows Installer programs create their log files in the system Temp folder by default. If you leave the Path= statement in the Setup.ini, or do not specify a path when using the /l logging switch, the log file will be created in the system Temp folder. STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
When running the Office Setup program, you can create a log file by adding the /l switch on the command-line. Unless you specify a log file name and location, Office will create two text log files, one for Setup.exe and one for the Windows Installer, by default. However, on Microsoft Windows 95 or later, if you specifiy the log file location using an environment variable such as %TEMP%, the Setup program will end. If you are running Setup in quiet mode, an error message will not appear.
Q230861 OFF2000: How To Customize Office Setup Logging Options For more information about Setup switches for Microsoft Office 2000, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q202946 OFF2000: Setup Switches for Microsoft Office 2000 Additional query words: OFF2000
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