Chris, Garfield, and all who find the same behaviour:
Methods 1&2 (registry changes etc) did not work as
discussed in:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=265194 "OFF2000:
Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program Is Started".
The only method I have found that will work is:
Method 3a Modified (Kenn:
I discovered this when Access was fixed using the third
method, but Winword and Excel still displyed
the "Installer applet" every time they were started.
NOTE: If the original installation was from a network
drive, you MUST disable the network interface or Office
2000 repeats the same mistake again and again!
Instead I:
Reinstalled Microsoft Access, AND Word AND Excel
(one at a time with reboot between each correction to make
sure registry was updated)
(and/or any other misbehaving office 2000 program)
To resolve this problem, rename the Msaccess.exe and
System.mdw files, and then reinstall Microsoft Access. To
do this, follow the steps for your computer's operating
system.
NOTE: By default, the Msaccess.exe file is installed in
the "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10" folder,
and the System.mdw file is installed in the "C:\Program
Files\Common Files\SYSTEM" folder.
<<<< THIS WORKS
Method 3b: Reinstall Microsoft WinWord
To resolve this problem, rename the Winword.exe file to
OLD_Winword.exe, and then click on the Winword icon in the
START > PROGRAMS folder, this will kick off the install
procedure, you will be prompted to insert your original CD
and then it will correct the problem with Winword. To do
this, follow the steps for your computer's operating
system.
Method 3c: Reinstall Microsoft Excel
To resolve this problem, rename the Excel.exe file to
OLD_Excel.exe, and then click on the Excel icon in the
START > PROGRAMS folder, this will kick off the install
procedure, you will be prompted to insert your original CD
and then it will correct the problem with Excel.
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To do this, follow the steps for your computer's operating
system.
Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0:
Quit all instances of Word, including Microsoft Outlook if
Word is selected as your e-mail editor.
Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or
Folders.
In the Named box, type Msaccess.exe.
In the Look in box, select your local hard disk. (If you
are running Word from a network server, select an
alternate user template location.)
Click Find Now to search for the file.
For each occurrence of the Msaccess.exe file that appears
in the Find program, right-click the file. Click Rename on
the shortcut menu. Name the file a new name, such as
OldMsaccess.exe or Msaccess.exe-1.dot, and then press
ENTER.
Repeat steps 3 through 6 to rename the System.mdw file.
On the File menu, click Close to close the Find dialog
box.
Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Microsoft
Access. If you are prompted for the application CD-ROM,
insert the CD-ROM, and then click OK to continue the
application Setup.
After Setup finishes, start Microsoft Access.
On the File menu in Microsoft Access, click Exit to quit
Microsoft Access, and then start Microsoft Access again.
