I've given that a go, and again no joy - what's more
I (in desperation) tried various options in
Programs and Features as it's now called in Vista: Repair, Change, and even
Uninstall none of these worked with or without the registry mods, so now I
can't uninstall office and start fresh! What am I to do?
the error message reads:
'This patch package could not be opened.
Verify that the patch package exists and
that you can access it, or contact the
application vendor to verify that this is a
valid Windows Installer patch package.'
that's with both standard 11.0 and old11.0
My registry entries are at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\11.0
the only thing I can think of that I haven't tried is putting in my office
CD and trying to install that way, but it will probably ask me to uninstall
any old versions before it can proceed
Try the following. Seems to work for most with same issue with Office 2003
and Outlook
1st Rename Office subkeys
Note: Removing the following registry keys may reset customized user
settings for your Microsoft Office programs.
1. Close all the applications.
2. Click on Start->Run, type in REGEDIT and click on OK.
3. Locate and select the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0
4. Right click on 11.0 and rename them to Old11.
5. Close the Registry Editor.
2nd. Detect and Repair Office 2003
1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to and click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. Click Change/Remove Programs on the left pane.
4. Highlight Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 on the right pane
and click Change.
5. Insert the correct version of CD when it requires.
6. Select “Reinstall and Repair†and click Next.
7. Select “Detect and Repair errors in my Office installationâ€.
8. Click Install and wait the process to end.
3rd. Install the Updates