XL: Err Msg: Microsoft Data Map Is Not Installed

ID: Q150244

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to insert a map in Microsoft Excel, you may receive one of the following error messages.

Microsoft Excel 97

   Microsoft Map is not installed. To use Microsoft Map, you must run
   Setup and select Microsoft Map.

Microsoft Excel version 7.0

   Microsoft Data Map is not installed. To use Data Map you must run Setup
   and choose to add Microsoft Data Map.

NOTE: In this article, Microsoft Data Map and Microsoft Map refer to the tools that are used with Microsoft Excel version 7.0 and Microsoft Excel 97, respectively.

CAUSE

There are two possible causes for this error message:

Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map was not chosen during Setup.
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The path to the Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map directory in the Windows registry is incorrect.

RESOLUTION

Method 1

If Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map was not selected during Microsoft Excel Setup, follow these steps to run Setup in maintenance mode:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. In Control Panel, double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. In the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box, double-click the

   entry for Microsoft Office on the Install/Uninstall tab.

4. In the first Microsoft Office dialog box that appears, click

   Add/Remove.

5. In the next dialog box, click Microsoft Excel. Make sure the check box

   next to Microsoft Excel does not become cleared. If it does, click to
   select the Microsoft Excel check box.

6. Click Change Option, and then click to select the check box for

   Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map. Click OK.

7. Click Continue.

Method 2

If the Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map is installed, the path in the Windows registry may be incorrect. To correct this problem rerun the Microsoft Office Setup using the /y switch. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Quit any Microsoft Office programs that are currently running,

   including the Office Shortcut bar.

2. In Windows Explorer, open the folder in which you have the Setup

   program for Microsoft Office.

3. Click Start, click Run, and delete anything in the Open box.

4. Drag the Shortcut for Setup from the folder in Step 2 to the Run dialog

   box.

   The full path to the Setup shortcut appears in the Run dialog box. For
   example, if you dragged the Office Setup shortcut to the Run dialog
   box, the command line in the Open box resembles the following:

      c:\msoffice\setup.lnk

5. Modify the command line in the Open box by adding " /y", without the

   quotation marks, to the end of the command line. So, for example, the
   command line would resemble the following:

      c:\msoffice\setup.lnk /y

   NOTE: Make sure there is a space separating the path to the Setup
   shortcut and the /y switch.

6. In the Run dialog box, click Run. This starts the Setup program in

   maintenance mode.

7. In the Setup dialog box, click Reinstall.

8. When Setup is finished, click OK.

Method 3

An alternate method to correct a misdirected path pointer is to separately start the Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map program. This enables you to manually enter the path to the Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map program. To do this, start Windows Explorer and locate the folder where Microsoft Data Map/Microsoft Map is installed. By default the location is:

   <X>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Datamap

where <X> is the drive where Windows is installed, and double-click Datamap.exe (for Microsoft Excel version 7.0) or Msmap.exe (for Microsoft Excel 97). This initiates the "Locate Data Map/Microsoft Map Folders" dialog box. Check to see that the path to Datamap.exe (for Microsoft Excel version 7.0) or Msmap.exe (for Microsoft Excel 97) is correct. If not, change it and click OK.

Additional query words: 7.00 8.00 97

Keywords          : kberrmsg kbsetup xlmap xlwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: January 8, 1999