WD97: Cannot Find Thesaurus Error After Installing Works 4.5a

• Microsoft Works for Windows, version 4.5a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, version Service Release 2

SYMPTOMS

If you install Works 4.5a after installing Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2), the Word 97 SR-2 thesaurus is replaced by the Works 4.5a thesaurus. The Works 4.5a thesaurus does not function properly and the following will occur:

• In Works 4.5a, when you try to use the thesaurus, you will receive the following error message:

  Cannot find the Thesaurus files. Run Works Setup again.

  -or-



• In Word 97 SR-2, when you try to use the thesaurus, one of the following occurs:
  
  
  • Word tries to use the United Kingdom thesaurus even though you are set up for US English; hence you receive the following error message:

  Word cannot find the thesaurus file msth_en.lex for English (United States)".

  -or-
  
  
  • Nothing happens when you try to use the thesaurus.

RESOLUTION

Reinstall Word 97 SR-2 to replace the Works 4.5 thesaurus with the Word 97 SR-2 thesaurus.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about installing Word 97 SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

Additional query words: err msg

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:4.5a; :Service Release 2
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb