How to Manually Install Word 6.0 If SETUP.EXE Fails

ID: Q111715

6.00 6.00a WINDOWS

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Setup program (SETUP.EXE) to install Word for Windows, an error may occur at Disk 1, and Setup will stop. Word will not be successfully installed, and you will receive the following error message:

   Invalid Object ID Error

WORKAROUND

If usual troubleshooting steps fail to resolve this problem, you may need to install Word without running SETUP.EXE. Before you use the instructions below, you should exhaust other troubleshooting options. For information about troubleshooting Word Setup problems, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    and and general and 6.00

The procedure below installs Word without using the Setup program. Using this procedure, you will manually decompress several installation files on your hard disk, then you will run the ACMSETUP.EXE program to install Word.

1. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following to create a

   directory for the setup files:

      MD C:\~SETUP

   Note: During a normal Setup these files are placed in a hidden directory
   named ~MSSTFQF.T, which is automatically created on the last
   available local drive that Setup has sufficient access to.

2. Place Word Disk 1 in your floppy disk drive.

3. At the command prompt, type "A:" or "B:" (without the quotation marks)

   to change to the floppy disk drive where you inserted Disk 1.

4. At the command prompt, type the following, pressing ENTER after

   each line:

   DECOMP _MSSETUP.EX_ C:\~SETUP\_MSSETUP.EXE
   DECOMP ACMSETUP.EX_ C:\~SETUP\ACMSETUP.EXE
   DECOMP ACMSETUP.HL_ C:\~SETUP\ACMSETUP.HLP
   DECOMP MSCPYDIS.DL_ C:\~SETUP\MSCPYDIS.DLL
   DECOMP MSSETUP.DL_ C:\~SETUP\MSSETUP.DLL
   DECOMP WINWORD6.IN_ C:\~SETUP\WINWORD6.INF
   DECOMP SETUP.ST_ C:\~SETUP\SETUP.STF
   DECOMP WWSETUP.TT_ C:\~SETUP\WWSETUP.TTF
   DECOMP WORD_BB.DL_ C:\~SETUP\WORD_BB.DLL
   DECOMP ODBCINST.DL_ C:\~SETUP\ODBCINST.DLL

   NOTE: These files are listed in the [Files] section of SETUP.LST,
   which is a text file located on Disk 1.

5. In Windows File Manager, select the ACMSETUP.EXE file in the C:\~SETUP

   directory (do not double-click the file). From the File menu, choose
   Run. Type the following, and then choose OK:

      ACMSETUP /T SETUP.STF /S A: <or B: if Disk 1 is in the B: drive>

   When Setup starts, follow the instructions on your screen.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word Quick Results," version 6.0, pages 2-3, 11-12

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Version           : 6.00 6.00a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998