Microsoft KB Archive/127824

Mac Bookshelf/Works: Manual Install Not Possible with Works

PSS ID Number: Q127824 Article last modified on 02-03-1997

1994

MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOM =

The following message may appear when you try to run Microsoft Bookshelf from the CD titled Microsoft Works and Bookshelf:

Please insert the Microsoft Bookshelf 1994 (or 1995) disc in the CD-ROM drive.

This appears even if the CD is in the drive.

= RESOLUTION =

  Remove the Bookshelf Pref file from the Preferences Folder in the System Folder. NOTE: If the file does not exist, proceed to step 2.   Reinstall Bookshelf by using the Install Bookshelf icon on the CD. 

= MORE INFORMATION =

The Bookshelf readme file on the CD states that a manual installation can be performed for Bookshelf 1994. While this is true for the CD that contains only Bookshelf 1994, it does not apply to the multimedia Works and Bookshelf 1994 CD.

The installer on the Works and Bookshelf 1994 CD creates a specific preference file that instructs Bookshelf to look for the CD containing Microsoft Works and Bookshelf 1994. The installer is the only way to create this preference. Without it, Bookshelf will automatically look for the disc containing Bookshelf 1994 only.

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