Microsoft KB Archive/228658

= You receive an "Error 1303. The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory" error message when you run Office 2000 Setup =

Article ID: 228658

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 Q228658



SYMPTOMS
When you install Office, an error message similar to the following may appear:

Error 1303. The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory: . The installation cannot continue. Log on as administrator or contact your system administrator.

where  is the name of the directory with the insufficent privileges.



CAUSE
You will receive the above error if either of the following is true for the folder in which you are installing Office:  The SYSTEM group does not have Full Control privileges.

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 The Everyone group does not have Full Control privileges.



RESOLUTION
To prevent this error from occurring, make sure the folder location into which you are installing Office has Full Control permissions for either the Everyone group or the SYSTEM group. Check the permissions for the parent folders because the permissions on these folders may also cause this problem.

