OFF95: Shared Applications Installed Locally in Admin Setup

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Access 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

When you perform a workstation installation of Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0, shared applications may be installed locally even if you specify the server as the location for shared applications during Setup.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the Administrative installation of Office was performed on a server running any type of disk- or file-compression software (for example, if you perform an Administrative installation to a location on a computer running Windows NT version 3.51 with directory or file compression).

WORKAROUND

To prevent the shared applications from being copied locally, perform the Administrative installation to a supported network server under Windows 95 or a Windows NT version 3.51 computer that is not running any form of disk- or file-compression software.

NOTE: You can have file compression running for directories on the server other than the administrative directory for Microsoft Office. The problem only happens when the administrative directory for Microsoft Office is being compressed or when the whole drive is being compressed.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

"Getting Results with Microsoft Office for Windows 95," version 7.0, Part One, "Install Office on a Network"

For more information about installing Office on a network, see the Microsoft Office for Windows 95 Resource Kit.

To obtain pre-sales information about new or updated Microsoft products, call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400. If you are outside the United States, contact the Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.htm

Additional query words: directory/file

Keywords          : offwin 
Version           : 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: June 2, 1999