Install of KB908002 for "all users" fails

[Ken]

Hi, we are building an Excel 2003 Shared COM add-in using VS2005 C#. We are
able to install it for the "just me" case, and our add-in loads (yeah, we
sufferred too!). We found that the redistributables in the KB908002 package
do not allow configuration for the "all users" case, and our add-in will only
work for the user who installed it. We are building our installer using Wise,
I think.

My CM person says we cannot just flip the switch on the .msi's and
redistribute them (not legally anyway . Has anyone else run into this? Is
there another microsoft download that will fix it?
thanks!

 

[RayP]

I'm having the same problem. Currently we're looking into amending users
logon scripts to run the KB908002 msi if it has not been installed - clearly
this is not an ideal solution and I would also like to know if there's a more
"official" alternative.

 

[Ken]

Thanks RayP, I'm glad to hear we are not alone. Hopefully someone from MSFT
will respond.

 

[David Thielen]

The old KB 908002 bootstrapper is broken. It took us 2 months using an MSDN
incident report to lead Microsoft through the fact that it is broken and then
to get a working version (god that was apainful).

This was a couple of months ago and at that time they said they would
release the working version to everyone. I am guessing it is not out yet. So
you may need to contact Microsoft to get it.

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david_at_windward_dot_net
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[Ken]

Hi David,
Thank you very much for your reply!
I guess I will have to spend a support incident to get the fix. Ah well, I
was trying to get by on the cheep, but no such luck.
thanks again,

 

[Todd Olson]

I'm running into the same issue. Does anyone have an update on this?

Is there a way to remove the need to install KB908002 like using VSTO SE?