Updating Individual Office 4.0 Applications on a Network
ID: Q113623
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Office for Windows, version 4.0
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Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0a
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Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0
SUMMARY
There is no way to keep the integrated setup of Office 4.0 when you update
individual Office applications in a network installation. This process
requires that the updated application be installed in a separate
subdirectory on the server, rather than in the MSOFFICE directory.
If you install the updated application in the network directory of Office,
the Office 4.0 SETUP.STF file is overwritten, preventing you from future
workstation installation/removal of the Office package.
MORE INFORMATION
To update your server installations of the Office 4.0 applications:
- Run setup /a to install the updated application either in a subdirectory
of the Office directory (for example as MSOFFICE\EXCEL) or in a
completely separate directory on the server.
- From the individual workstation, run the workstation installation from
the directory of the updated application. (This will update the
workstation to use the new version of the Office application.)
The old version of the updated application will still be on the MSOFFICE
server subdirectory. There is no way to remove these files.
It is a good idea to run the Setup/Install program from the workstation to
remove the earlier version of the application before you install the
updated version. If you do not remove the earlier version of the
application, old object linking and embedding (OLE) references and icons
for
shared applications (such as Microsoft Graph) will remain on each
workstation. These old references and icons may confuse users.
If you need to install a new workstation both with Office 4.0 components
and the updated application, do the following:
- Run the Office 4.0 workstation installation and install all components
EXCEPT the updated application.
- Run the updated application's workstation installation.
Additional query words:
4.20 netsetup admin upgrade Officeinterop macppt winppt
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Version : 4.00
Platform : WINDOWS
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