Office 2000 Error....

In the attempt to repair Microsoft Office 2000 Premium due to Icons missing
within Windows XP Professional. I am recieving the following Error... "This
package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that
you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a
valid Windows Installer Package."

I have attempted to uninstall office and I recieve the same error message.
This is a retail version. I have scanned the forum and have done several of
the suggestions such as running Setup.exe/fv Data1.msi and also running the
msicuu2.exe file from the Microsoft Website. None of which is working.

Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem?

Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
Ray Brown
Geneva, OH - USA

Hi Ray,

It's possible that more than one Office Product was damaged, especially if you've used a 3rd party 'PC/Registry cleaner' product.

Check for Microsoft products in Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel. You may need to use the MS Windows installer
cleanup utility (MSICUU.exe) on more than one MS Product, then restart the PC and install the product again.

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"R Brown" wrote in message ...
In the attempt to repair Microsoft Office 2000 Premium due to Icons missing
within Windows XP Professional. I am recieving the following Error... "This
package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that
you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a
valid Windows Installer Package."

I have attempted to uninstall office and I recieve the same error message.
This is a retail version. I have scanned the forum and have done several of
the suggestions such as running Setup.exe/fv Data1.msi and also running the
msicuu2.exe file from the Microsoft Website. None of which is working.

Does anyone have any other suggestions as to how I can resolve this problem?

Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thank You,
Ray Brown
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net

To add to Bobs comment, if it is a registry cleaner that has caused
this, some of these allow you to create a back up file.... if this is
the case then it may well be worth while going to the cleaner
programme and trying a 'Restore back up'.

Registry cleaners can do more harm than good if you don't watch what
they'er deleting, problem is there is many a shared file.

Davy