Microsoft KB Archive/220791

= You receive a "Command line option syntax error" error message when you install Office 2000 =

Article ID: 220791

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 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q220791



SYMPTOMS
When you install Microsoft Office 2000, you may receive the following error message:

Command line option syntax error. Type Command /? for Help.



CAUSE
This error occurs when you install Office 2000 from a source that contains spaces in the path name. For example, if you install from a server named "\\myserver\Office 2000 Setup", you receive the error.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, modify the source path so that it does not contain any spaces.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords: kbtshoot kbsetup kbprb kbpending KB220791

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