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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. |
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How to figure out what component is missing
Never mind. I found the missing file (C:\windows\shell new\pwrpnt11.pot)
"Jill" wrote in message ... 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. |
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