Microsoft KB Archive/124234

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XL5: Open EIS Pak Setup Error with Excel Workstation Install

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Open EIS Pak for Windows, version 1.1

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SYMPTOMS
When you run the Microsoft Open EIS Pak Setup program, you receive the following error message if you have performed a workstation installation of Microsoft Excel:

Setup could not find Microsoft 5.0 installed on your system. Please install Microsoft Excel 5.0 before installing this application.

Additionally, you are not prompted for the location of Microsoft Excel, and the Microsoft Open EIS Pak is not installed.

CAUSE
When you have performed a workstation installation of Microsoft Excel, rather than installing the application to your hard drive, the Microsoft Open EIS Pak Setup program cannot locate the Microsoft Excel files, and assumes that the application is not installed.

Because it does not prompt you to locate the Microsoft Excel files, as version 1.0 did, you cannot install the Microsoft Open EIS Pak if you are running a workstation installation of Microsoft Excel.

WORKAROUNDS
To install the Microsoft Open EIS Pak AND run Microsoft Excel from the network, do either of the following:

One Workstation
To install the Open EIS Pak on a single workstation, do the following:


 * 1) Perform a local (Custom/Complete, or Minimum) installation of Microsoft Excel to install the application to your local hard drive.
 * 2) Run the Microsoft Open EIS Pak Setup.
 * 3) Run the Microsoft Excel Setup program in maintenance mode, and choose the Remove All button to remove the local installation of Microsoft Excel.
 * 4) Run the Microsoft Excel Setup program again, and choose the Workstation installation option.

Note that the EIS.XLA file must be located in the LIBRARY subdirectory of your Microsoft Excel directory. This file can be stored on the network server if necessary.

Multiple Workstations
To install the Microsoft Open EIS Pak on multiple computers that are running workstation installations of Microsoft Excel, you can install the Open EIS Pak on one computer using the above steps, and then copy the Microsoft Open EIS Pak directories to other machines on the network.

MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q98654 Excel: Network Installation of Open EIS PAK" Additional query words: 1.10 5.00c

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Version : 5.00 5.00c

Platform : WINDOWS

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