Microsoft KB Archive/194510

= OFF98: "No Installation Was Necessary" Running Office 98 Update =

Article ID: 194510

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q194510



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Office 98 Update for Mac OS 8.5, the update runs and then the following message appears:

No installation was necessary. The files to be installed are

already on your disk, or are not needed for your hardware setup.

When you click Quit your Office 98 program files are not updated.



CAUSE
This problem will occur if you have renamed the following Office 98 program files:

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Office 98



RESOLUTION
To allow your Office 98 program files to be updated, do the following to correct the program file names:


 * 1) Rename your each of your Office 98 program files to the names listed above.
 * 2) Start any one of the Office 98 programs to re-register them with the operating system.
 * 3) Run the Office 98 Update for Mac OS 8.5 installation program.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: OFF98

Keywords: KB194510

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