OFF2000: Error Message "The filters required to perform this search could not be installed."

• Microsoft Office 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

The filters required to perform this search could not be installed. The search cannot be completed as specified.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSES

• You use the Find command in the File Open dialog box of any Office program.


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• Either the converters for the Search Tools feature or the Find Fast search engine feature is not installed.


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• When prompted to install the search feature, you click No.

WHAT TO TRY

After you have specified the find criteria and you click Find Now, you will receive the following message:

This feature is not currently installed. Would you like to install it now?

Additional query words: OFF2000 XL2000

Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: June 28, 1999