Setup Err: INF Contains a Badly Formed File Description LineID: Q129715
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After you perform an Administrative setup of Office, and you attempt to perform a Local or Workstation setup, you may receive the following error message:
The INF Contains a Badly Formed File Description Line: Too Few Fields (Commas)
This problem only occurs after you perform an Administrative setup of
Microsoft Office and you then install Microsoft Word version 6.0 over an
existing installation of Word version 2.0 (as part of a Workstation or
Local setup).
The error message is caused by several incorrect lines in the ADMIN.INF.
The ADMIN.INF is a file that has the same purpose as the SETUP.INF, but is
specific to network installations. This file is located on Disk 1 (in the
CAB file). During the administrative installation, this file is copied to
the administrator's root directory and is renamed SETUP.INF.
WARNING: This modification is not supported by Microsoft Product Support
Services (PSS). Although PSS will support some modifications to a BACKUP
copy of the SETUP.STF file, PSS will NOT support modification of the
SETUP.INF file. Note also that while PSS will help customers modify
specific lines of an STF, we will not rewrite the entire file in order to
achieve a desired configuration. As a general rule, support is limited to
options that can normally be changed by a user during a standard
installation of the application.
To fix this problem, you will need to do the following:
1,LETBLOCK.DOT,,,,1994-06-10,,, OLDER,,,,,,,75776,,,,
1,LETMDSEM.DOT,,,,1994-06-10,,, OLDER,,,,,,,13312,,,,
1,LETMODBK.DOT,,,,1994-06-10,,, OLDER,,,,,,,13312,,,,
1,LETPERSN.DOT,,,,1994-06-10,,, OLDER,,,,,,,12800,,,,
A similar error will be encountered for each of the above files. To work around this problem, you will need to extract the above files to the MSOFFICE directory on the server. These files are located on disk 16. Once the files have been manually extracted, you can continue with the workstation or local installation without receiving the error message.Unable To Open File <server/share>\MSOFFICE\LETBLOCK.DOT
Q120006 XL5C: How to Copy Files from Cabinets on DMF-Formatted Disks
Additional query words: 4.30c 5.00 word 2.00 6.00
Keywords : offwin
Version : 4.30c
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :
Last Reviewed: June 17, 1999