Anyone able to install Project 2007 on Windows 7?

[David Merrick]

I had been trying to install Project 2007 on Windows 7 Beta with no luck.
Every time I would run the installer it would stop with the following error
message:
"Setup can't find a version of Microsoft Office on your computer" and asks
me to browse for the installation.

I have Office 2007 SP2 installed, and did browse to it's install location.
But no luck.

So..... I thought, lets wait for the RC of windows 7 and they'll fix it.
Nope. Have the exact same problem on the RC.

I am a MS Partner and this is the version of project that comes in my Action
Pack (If that Helps)

 

[JulieS]

Hi David,

Have you installed Project 2007 in an other OS? I'm not sure it's a
problem with Windows 7 -- it may be a problem with the Project disk.
It sounds as though it's an upgrade version of Project and it is
looking for a previous version of Project (despite the reference to
"Office). See the following thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...2?lnk=gst&q=2007+action+pack#0a9b3c3e5678a702

I am not a MS Partner so I can't offer a remedy, other than to say
there were a far number of the exact issues you mention when Project
was first released in the Action Pack. You may wish to pursue this
further through the Partner channels.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[Christophe Fiessinger [MSFT]]

I did it successfully with the Beta of win 7 but have not tried on the RC
build yet:
http://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2009/01/09/windows-7-beta-and-project-professional-2007.aspx

 

[fganter]

Julie is right. It's not a Windows 7 issue. It's a problem with the disk
included in the Action Pack.

I downloaded Project 2007 from the new digital download site for Action Pack
subscribers and it worked.

Fred

 

[JulieS]

Thanks for the update Fred. I'm glad to know they appear to have it
straightened away.
Julie