Microsoft KB Archive/280561

= OFFXP: Error Message When You Try to Run Administrative Installation of Converter Pack =

PSS ID Number: 280561

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office XP (Setup)

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This article was previously published under Q280561



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to run an administrative installation of the Microsoft Office Converter Pack by using the Setup /a command, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Office Converter Pack can't find the configuration file &quot;/a&quot;. Use a relative path. For example, settings\mysettings.ini or ..\settings\mysettings.ini, or the default settings will be used.

NOTE: After you receive the error message, the installation proceeds. Click Cancel to cancel the installation at this point.



CAUSE
The Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit (ORK) currently does not support an administrative installation option to install the converters in the Microsoft Office Converter Pack.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, install the Microsoft Office Converter Pack from the Microsoft Office XP CD-ROM. The Microsoft Office Converter Pack must be installed separately from the other programs; it is not installed by the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit Setup program.

How to Install the Microsoft Office Converter Pack
To install the Microsoft Office Converter Pack, follow these steps:  Run Setup.exe from the following folder on the Microsoft Office XP CD-ROM

\ORK\FILES\PFILES\ORKTOOLS\ORK10\TOOLS\OCP

where  is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. Follow the instructions to install the Microsoft Office Converter Pack on your computer.

The Microsoft Office Converter Pack is also available online. To obtain the Microsoft Office Converter Pack, browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/xp/appndx/appa09.htm

Click ConvPack.exe and follow the installation instructions.

How to Distribute the Utilities for Others to Install
To distribute the utilities for others to install, you must deploy all of the files in the OCP folder from a network installation point.

To do this, follow these steps:  Copy the following folder to a location on the server

\ORK\FILES\PFILES\ORKTOOLS\ORK10\TOOLS\OCP

where  is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. Share this folder.

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MORE INFORMATION
The Microsoft Office Converter Pack installs additional text converters and graphics (image) filters not included with Office XP Setup.

The Microsoft Office Converter Pack bundles together a collection of file converters and filters that can be deployed to users. The Converter Pack can be useful to organizations that use Office XP in a mixed environment with previous versions of Office, including Office for the Macintosh, or other Office-related productivity programs. Many of these converters and filters were previously available, but this is the first time they have been packaged together for convenient deployment.

You can customize the Converter Pack to deploy the converters that your organization needs. You can also choose to deploy them with no user interaction, with full user interaction, or you can include the converters with your deployment of Office XP.

The Microsoft Office Converter Pack is included on the compact disc (CD-ROM) of Enterprise editions of Microsoft Office XP. This is because the original release of the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit is included with the Enterprise editions of Microsoft Office XP. You will see an &quot;ORK&quot; folder on the CD-ROM. If you have a Retail edition of Microsoft Office XP, you can obtain the Microsoft Office Converter Pack from the Microsoft Web site listed in the &quot;Workaround&quot; section of this article.

For additional information about determining whether you have an Enterprise edition of Office XP, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290134 HOW TO: Determine Whether You Have a Retail or Enterprise Edition of Office XP

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