Microsoft KB Archive/135479

= OFF: SETUP: Space Required Incorrect for Item in Maintenance Mode =

Article ID: 135479

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 4.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 4.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q135479





SYMPTOMS
When you run the Setup program for your program in maintenance mode and you select a component to add, the Space Required On value displayed in the Setup dialog box (where is the drive to which the component will be installed) is incorrect for the item that you are adding.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you use the Add/Remove button in maintenance mode Setup and you select a component in the Setup dialog box because the Setup program does not actually check to see which files have already been installed on your computer. Instead, Setup checks the Setup.stf file to see which files have been selected for installation, and then compares this list of files against the file sizes stored in the Setup ".inf" file (Off95std.inf for Office version 7.0). Because of this behavior, the value displayed in the Space Required field includes the disk space required for all the components you have already installed, instead of displaying only the disk space required for the components you are installing.

For example, if you run the Microsoft Office version 7.0 Setup program in maintenance mode after you perform a Typical installation, and you select the Word Art component (Office Tools option), the Space Required value in the Office Tools dialog box is the sum of the disk space required for the Word Art component (773K) and the disk space required for the other Office Tools components that are selected, even though these components are already installed on your computer.

Additionally, in this case, when you click OK in the Office Tools dialog box, the Space Required value in the Maintenance dialog box is the sum of the disk space required for the Word Art component and the disk space required for the other Office components that are selected, even though these components are already installed on your computer.

Note that this behavior does not cause a problem when you actually run Setup. Setup only requires the amount of available disk space for the components that you select, even though the dialog box requests more disk space.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 3.00 4.00a 4.00c 5.00c 6.00a 6.00c 8.00 97 word6 powerpt off97 xl97

Keywords: kbprb kbsetup KB135479

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