How to figure out what component is missing

Twenty seconds after opening PowerPoint I am getting a box "Please wait
while Windows configures Office Professional 2003". Then I get another
dialog box asking for the original source CDs (SKU011.CAB).

I have looked all day for the CDs, but haven't been able to locate them yet.
If I click Cancel, cancel ... eventually PP opens.

Also If I try to open a ppt file directly from Explorer the "Please wait"
dialog instantly pops up.


I went back through several images I have of my hard drive and found one
where PowerPoint works. The problem is that the image is 8 months old and I
have a lot of data scattered all over my drive (so I cant just backup data
and restore the old image.)

I've tried extracting and replacing the Program Files\MS Office 11 folder,
and the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared Folders.

There must be a way to see what PPT is complaining about so I can replace
those files.

Never mind. I found the missing file (C:\windows\shell new\pwrpnt11.pot)


"Jill" wrote in message
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Twenty seconds after opening PowerPoint I am getting a box "Please wait
while Windows configures Office Professional 2003". Then I get another
dialog box asking for the original source CDs (SKU011.CAB).

I have looked all day for the CDs, but haven't been able to locate them
yet.
If I click Cancel, cancel ... eventually PP opens.

Also If I try to open a ppt file directly from Explorer the "Please wait"
dialog instantly pops up.


I went back through several images I have of my hard drive and found one
where PowerPoint works. The problem is that the image is 8 months old and
I
have a lot of data scattered all over my drive (so I cant just backup data
and restore the old image.)

I've tried extracting and replacing the Program Files\MS Office 11 folder,
and the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared Folders.

There must be a way to see what PPT is complaining about so I can replace
those files.