Office Service Pack 3 installation fails on FrontPage CD Request

[jstaad]

I can't install the Office XP SP3 update becuse it requires the MS FrontPage
2002 installation files (filename: "FP.MSI"). I don't have this file on my
Dell MS OFfice XP Professional disks. Anyone run into this and if so is
there a workaround? I don't have MS FrontPage on my computer.

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011185721033.aspx

Locate missing .msi files



It doesn't appear on the list. Did you install FrontPage 2002 at some time separately- check you
add/remove components to see what you've got installed in the Office area.

 

[jstaad]

Thanks for your reply!

Under the Add/Remove Programs I found Microsoft Frontpage 2002 listed with a
size of 156MB. However, I can’t find the “application†file anywhere on my
computer – certainly it is NOT listed under Start:All Programs. I did find a
Microsoft Frontpage 2002 "folder" in my C:\Program Files location. Here I
found three folders: Media (3.82MB), Office10 (33.8MB) and Templates
(2.14MB). None of these folders contained an application file, though. And
their combined size is far from 156MB.

-Does Office XP Pro with Publisher COME WITH Frontpage? It certainly doesn’t
seem to be on the installation CD’s.
-Would the absence of the application file indicate that perhaps only some
of the Frontpage application was installed?

If I run the “remove†routine from the Add/Remove utility, and thereby
remove all trace of Frontpage from my system, would this then let me install
the SP3 Update? Or, would it hang up again on the issue of requiring the
Frontpage installation disk?

Many thanks for you help!!

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011185721033.aspx

Locate missing .msi files



It doesn't appear on the list. Did you install FrontPage 2002 at some time separately- check you
add/remove components to see what you've got installed in the Office area.


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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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I can't install the Office XP SP3 update becuse it requires the MS FrontPage
2002 installation files (filename: "FP.MSI"). I don't have this file on my
Dell MS OFfice XP Professional disks. Anyone run into this and if so is
there a workaround? I don't have MS FrontPage on my computer.

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

It certainly suggests that at some stage Frontpage was installed on your system after the initial
installation of Office XP.

Suggestion 1, try installing the full version of the SP3 update for your system - it's about 57 meg
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FD-6F69-4289-8BD1-EB966BCDFB5E&displaylang=en
One user overcome this problem doing that - no guarantees.

Suggestion 2 - try a repair install of Office XP.
see Method 7
How to troubleshoot failures updating your Office installation from the Office Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304498
You will need your installation CD handy.

See if that helps before you start removing and reinstalling Office XP - remember you need your
Product key and your installation CDs, otherwise you won't be able to reinstall.


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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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Thanks for your reply!

Under the Add/Remove Programs I found Microsoft Frontpage 2002 listed with a
size of 156MB. However, I can’t find the “application†file anywhere on my
computer – certainly it is NOT listed under Start:All Programs. I did find a
Microsoft Frontpage 2002 "folder" in my C:\Program Files location. Here I
found three folders: Media (3.82MB), Office10 (33.8MB) and Templates
(2.14MB). None of these folders contained an application file, though. And
their combined size is far from 156MB.

-Does Office XP Pro with Publisher COME WITH Frontpage? It certainly doesn’t
seem to be on the installation CD’s.
-Would the absence of the application file indicate that perhaps only some
of the Frontpage application was installed?

If I run the “remove†routine from the Add/Remove utility, and thereby
remove all trace of Frontpage from my system, would this then let me install
the SP3 Update? Or, would it hang up again on the issue of requiring the
Frontpage installation disk?

Many thanks for you help!!

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011185721033.aspx

Locate missing .msi files



It doesn't appear on the list. Did you install FrontPage 2002 at some time separately- check you
add/remove components to see what you've got installed in the Office area.


--
===========================
TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
===========================

I can't install the Office XP SP3 update becuse it requires the MS FrontPage
2002 installation files (filename: "FP.MSI"). I don't have this file on my
Dell MS OFfice XP Professional disks. Anyone run into this and if so is
there a workaround? I don't have MS FrontPage on my computer.