OL2000: Quiet Reinstall of Mixed Mode Office 97 SR1 Fails

ID: Q224883

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate or Workgroup" if you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation.

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to run Microsoft Office 97 Setup in Quiet mode, after running a mixed mode installation of Office 2000, you may receive the following errors

Error 689: Setup cannot update an installation interactivately in Quiet mode.

followed by:

Error 723: Setup was unable to read configuration information from the first section of the setup file C:\Program files\Microsoft Office\Office\Setup\Office97Pro.stf.

CAUSE

This error occurs when:

You use a specific series of custom setup actions with Office 97 SR-1 in Quiet mode.

You install Office 2000.

You attempt to return to the previous installation of Office 97.

RESOLUTION

If you reinstall Office 97 SR-1, you must not use the Quiet mode command-line switch.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Initial Customized Setup of Office 97 SR-1

The consecutive errors referenced in the Symptoms section occur if the following conditions are true for your enterprise:

You installed Office 97 with a customization which excluded Outlook 97.

You installed Outlook 98, and updated Mso7enu.dll in the local workstation folder.

You exported the registry key BinDirPath before installing Outlook 98, and restored the key after the installation.

You used the switch, /qn1 for a Quiet mode installation.

Tthe Setup path you used may have been similar to the following:


O:\off97sr1.pro\setup /L <List File>.lst /b3 /qn1 /g "c:\off97sr1.log"

The /b3 switch designates that the Office runs from the network server, the /g switch creates a log of the installation session, and the path in quotation marks designates the Setup session log file. The file <List File>.lst and the path is generated by the Network Installation Wizard (NIW), and contains instructions for Setup options.

Installation of Office 2000

You installed Office 2000 with the following options:

Outlook 2000 is installed to run on the local computer.

All other Office programs are installed to run from the network.

Reinstallation of Office 97 SR-1

You attempt to run setup with the same parameters you used in the initial installation, using the same switch sequence.

Successfully Reinstalling Office 97 SR-1

To reinstall Office 97 using the NIW customization originally created, do not use the /qn1 switch. The path should be similar to the following:


O:\off97sr1.pro\setup /L <List File>.lst /b3 /g "c:\off97sr1.log"

Setup will continue in Normal mode.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug