Microsoft KB Archive/189894

= WD97: Cannot Find Thesaurus Error After Installing Works 4.5a =

Article ID: 189894

Article Last Modified on 5/22/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 4.5a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q189894



SYMPTOMS
If you install Works 4.5a after installing Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2), the Word 97 SR-2 thesaurus is replaced by the Works 4.5a thesaurus. The Works 4.5a thesaurus does not function properly and the following will occur:

 In Works 4.5a, when you try to use the thesaurus, you will receive the following error message:

Cannot find the Thesaurus files. Run Works Setup again.

-or- In Word 97 SR-2, when you try to use the thesaurus, one of the following occurs:

 Word tries to use the United Kingdom thesaurus even though you are set up for US English; hence you receive the following error message:

Word cannot find the thesaurus file msth_en.lex for English (United States)".

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 Nothing happens when you try to use the thesaurus. 



RESOLUTION
Reinstall Word 97 SR-2 to replace the Works 4.5 thesaurus with the Word 97 SR-2 thesaurus.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about installing Word 97 SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

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