Microsoft KB Archive/234574

= You receive an "Error applying transforms" error message when you use a transform in Office 2000 created on a computer that is running Windows 2000 Beta 3 =

Article ID: 234574

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q234574



SYMPTOMS
When you run Office Setup using a transform, you may receive the following error message:

Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.

Office creates two log files during the installation process, one for Setup.exe and one for the Windows Installer. The log files are created in your Temp folder and have a name similar to "Office 2000 Premium Setup(0002)_MsiExec.txt."

NOTE: The following text was taken from the Office 2000 Premium Setup(####)_MsiExec.txt log file on a computer experiencing this problem:

 1: 2759 2: \\Server1\Office_2K_A\EW.MST 3: 101 4: 26 5: 100 Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid. \\Server1\Office_2K_A\EW.MST



CAUSE
You may receive this error message if you created the transform by using the Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta 3.



WORKAROUND
To prevent this error from occurring when you use the transform, follow these steps:
 * 1) Install the CIW on a computer that is running a released operating system.
 * 2) Start the CIW.
 * 3) In the Open the MST File dialog box, click to select Open an existing MST file.
 * 4) Locate and select the transform (.mst) you created previously. Click Next.
 * 5) In the Select the MST File to Save dialog box, click Finish. This saves your transform again in the correct format without making changes to the transform content.
 * 6) Run Setup using this newly saved copy of the transform.

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords: kbtshoot kbstartprogram kberrmsg kbprb KB234574

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