OFF98: "No Installation Was Necessary" Running Office 98 Update

ID: Q194510

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Office 98 Update for Mac OS 8.5, the update runs and then the following message appears:

No installation was necessary. The files to be installed are
already on your disk, or are not needed for your hardware setup.
When you click Quit your Office 98 program files are not updated.


CAUSE

This problem will occur if you have renamed the following Office 98 program files:

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Office 98


RESOLUTION

To allow your Office 98 program files to be updated, do the following to correct the program file names:

  1. Rename your each of your Office 98 program files to the names listed above.


  2. Start any one of the Office 98 programs to re-register them with the operating system.


  3. Run the Office 98 Update for Mac OS 8.5 installation program.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF98

Keywords : kbdta offmacsetup
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: June 9, 1999
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