Microsoft KB Archive/232849

{|
 * width="100%"|

OFF2000: Error Message "Error Applying Transforms" When You Use CD That You Created

 * }

-

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office 2000

-

SYMPTOMS
When you insert your Office compact disc (CD-ROM) or when you run Setup.exe from the CD-ROM, you may receive the following error message:

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

Also, when you look at your Windows Installer log file, the path to the transform contains two backslashes (E:\\Custom.mst) along with the text of the above error message.

NOTE: The Windows Installer log file is called Office 2000 product Setup(####)_MsiExec.txt and is located in your Temp folder, where Office 2000 product in the log file name is the version of Office that you are installing.

CAUSE
You may receive this error message if all of the following are true:


 * You are using either Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98.
 * You created a CD-ROM image of Office 2000 with a transform on the CD-ROM.
 * You modified the [MST] section of the Setup.ini file on the root of the CD-ROM to include the transform without specifying a path (MST1=Custom.mst).

RESOLUTION
Use either of the following methods to resolve this problem.

Method 1: Run Setup from a Command Line with Full Path to the Transform
To prevent this error message, provide a full path to the transform on the CD-ROM. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is E and your transform (on the root of the CD-ROM) is called Custom.mst, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click Start, and then click Run.
 * 2) In the Open box, type the following command line, and then click OK:

Method 2: Place the Office CD-ROM Contents in a Subfolder Before You Create the CD-ROM
If you do not want to use a command line to specify the transform path, you can create a new CD-ROM with the contents of the Office CD-ROM one level deeper on the CD-ROM. For example, copy the contents of the Office CD-ROM into a folder called OffPrem. Then use the OffPrem folder as the source for your CD-ROM. In this example, items like Data1.msi would no longer be on the root of the CD-ROM. Instead, they would be in the OffPrem folder.

If you use this method, you do not have to specify a path to the transform, even though it has been moved one level lower on the CD-ROM. As long as it is in the same folder as the Office package (.msi), you can specify just the transform name in the Setup.ini [MST] section (MST1=Custom.mst).

Additional query words: OFF2000 "error 1706" error 1706

Keywords : kberrmsg kbdta

Version : WINDOWS:2000

Platform : WINDOWS

Issue type : kbprb

Technology :