Frontpage loads when I try open an Excel File

[Susan]

Hi there,
Up until I tried installing an Office Update from the
Microsoft site, my Excel worked fine. I must've done
something wrong, because since then, I can't open any of
my Excel Documents.

When I double click on a file a small box pops up
(Windows Installer'). It says: Please wait while Windoes
configures Microsoft Office XP Professional with
FrontPage.

The next box which appears is headed: Microsoft Office XP
Professional With Frontpage

The message is:
The feature you are trying to use is on a network
resource that is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternative path to a
folder containing the installation package 'PROPLUS.MSI'
in the box below.

The problem is, I am working from home and don't
currently have access to the network.

I cancel this box and am back to square one again. I
can't open Excel files at all. The same message
continues to appear.

I've tested the excel files by emailing it to another
home computer and they work fine... so it's the computer,
not the excel file!

Any help to rectify would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Susan

 

[MCLNYC]

Any luck? I have the same problem. I don't even care about FrontPage. My
problem is that I am no longer at business school and will never have access
to those files, but I have all the original CDs. Dell support was of little
use.

 

[Larry-Guy]

Susan & MCLNYC: I don't see any help from the message board re your problem,
but I have the very same situation. My computer was loaded with WinXP Home
Edition & until last week I had absolutely no problems with my Excel files.
Then, magically the same scenario Susan explains happened to me.

I STILL cannot access my Excel files. I looked in "Add/Remove Programs" and
found that WinXP Home Edition was no longer there. Instead, Microsoft Office
XP Professional with FrontPage was showing. I have never bought that OS so I
am perplexed as to what has happened.

I'm wondering if anyone who views this message board (allegedly some
Microsoft employees do) has a solution to this problem?
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