PPT97: Shared Files Installed to \Msapps Folder on WinNT 3.51

ID: Q189642

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you install PowerPoint on Windows NT Workstation version 3.51, the shared components (the OLE programs, the spell checker, and the graphics and text converters) are installed to the \Windows\Msapps folder. If you install PowerPoint on Windows 95, the shared components are installed to the Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared folder.

CAUSE

Windows NT 3.51 does not use shared applications from the same location as Windows 95 (Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared). Shared components such as those that ship with PowerPoint are installed to the \Windows\Msapps folder.

Additional query words: 8.00 ppt97

Keywords          : kbenv kbsetup
Version           : WINDOWS:97; WINNT:3.51
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 24, 1998