Microsoft KB Archive/279632

= Works: How to Install Works 6 or Works Suite 2001 =

Article ID: 279632

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 6.0
 * Microsoft Works Suite 2001

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This article was previously published under Q279632



SUMMARY
This article describes how to install Works or Works Suite.



MORE INFORMATION
To install Works or Works Suite, insert the Works or Works Suite CD-ROM into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

If Setup automatically starts, follow the instructions on the screen to install Works.

If Setup does not start automatically:  Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK



where  is the drive letter of your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Follow the instructions on the screen to install Works.

NOTE: If Setup does not start for Works 6, repeat steps 1 through 3, except type the following line in step 2:





You can individually install the programs that are included in Works Suite.

The following table contains a list of the Works Suite programs that you can install individually, with the location and the name of the installation file for each program.

The following list contains installation locations and descriptions for some of tools that are included with Works.  Instmsia.exe:



This file installs the Windows Installer that Works uses to install most of the individual Works programs.

Setup automatically runs this tool before it installs Works or Works Suite. Mdac_typ.exe:



This file installs Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.1. Works uses MDAC for data access. You can download the latest version of MDAC from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/dataaccess

 Ospack.msi:



The OSPACK.MSI file is the installation program that installs or uninstalls the Works Suite 2001 Setup Launcher. The Setup Launcher is used to install the other programs in Works.</li></ul>

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