Microsoft KB Archive/817412

= Works Suite 2003: &quot;Setup Detected That There Was an Error When You Tried to Install Previously&quot; Error Message =

Article ID: 817412

Article Last Modified on 4/2/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works Suite 2003 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to install Works Suite 2003, you may receive the following error message:

Installation wizard was interrupted.

The installation package could not be opened. Please contact the application vendor to make sure this is a valid installation package.

After you close this error message, you receive the following error message:

Works Suite Setup detected that there was an error when you tried to install previously.

If you were forced to reset your computer or turn the power off and on because Setup stopped responding, most of the time clean booting your computer and attempting to re-install will fix this problem. Would you like to lean how to clean boot your computer?



CAUSE
This issue occurs when the Setup program cannot successfully access the installation files. This issue may be caused by other programs running on your computer, either in the foreground or in the background.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:  Restart Microsoft Windows in clean-boot mode. Each version of Windows has a different clean-boot procedure. From the following table, click the article that corresponds to your version of Windows, and then follow the instructions about how to perform a clean-boot procedure:  After you successfully perform a clean-boot procedure, try to install Works Suite 2003. If you receive a new error message, click one or more of the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles to resolve the error:  

816505 Error Message: &quot;Setup Has Detected Other Programs Running&quot;

 

247532 Works Err Msg: Installer Terminated Prematurely

 

312365 Works Suite 2002: Error 25506 or Error 1311

 

816273 &quot;Setup Is Unable to Remove Earlier Version&quot; Error Message When You Try to Install Works 7.0 or Works Suite 2003

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294670 Works Suite: Internal Error 2355 During Installation

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270592 Setup Is Unable to Register Tasks or Cannot Find the Work Services File

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282183 Works: &quot;Error 1327, Invalid Drive&quot; Error Message Occurs During Installation

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281716 Works: Troubleshooting Installer Error 2735

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279625 Works: How to Troubleshoot Setup Hanging and Error Messages

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248263 Error 1305 During Installation

</li></ul> </li> After you successfully install Works Suite 2003, restart your computer.</li></ol>

Additional query words: WKS2003 hang freeze crash

Keywords: kberrmsg kbsetup kbprb KB817412

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