Microsoft KB Archive/305466

= Office Shortcuts May Not Migrate for Users Who Have Roaming Profiles =

Article ID: 305466

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q305466



SYMPTOMS
Under the following conditions, Office Windows Installer shortcuts (.msi shortcuts) that you create from a roaming Windows 2000-based user profile may not point to the correct location or may not run correctly:
 * If you install either Microsoft Office XP or Microsoft Office 2000 for each user on a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computer

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 * If Windows Desktop Update that is included with both Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is not installed on your computer



CAUSE
This behavior can occur under the following conditions:
 * If you assign Office XP or Office 2000 to a user by using Group Policy on a Windows 2000-based domain
 * If a user with a roaming profile logs onto a Windows 2000-based workstation and starts the assigned Office program
 * If that user then logs off of the Windows 2000-based workstation and then logs onto a Windows NT 4.0-based computer on which the Windows Desktop Update is not installed
 * If Office is installed on the Windows NT 4.0-based computer



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the Windows Desktop Update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

235402 OFF2000: Some Office 2000 Features Are Lost When Windows Desktop Update Is Not Installed

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB305466

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