Microsoft KB Archive/228639

= You receive an "Error applying transforms" error message when you run Office 2000 Setup from a hyperlink =

Article ID: 228639

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 Q228639



SYMPTOMS
When you run Office Setup, the following error message appears:

Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * You started Office Setup by clicking a hyperlink on a Web page.

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 * The Setup.ini file refers to a transform created by the Custom Installation Wizard (CIW).

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 * The reference to the transform in the Setup.ini file is not fully qualified.



RESOLUTION
This problem was resolved in the Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a) Administrator Update.

For additional information about obtaining and installing the Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a) Administrator Update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257983 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Apply the SR-1/SR-1a Update to Administrative Installations



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF2000 ciw transform folder source

Keywords: kbsetup kbstartprogram kbtshoot kberrmsg kbbug kbpending KB228639

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