Can't Find 511735.MAINSP1op.msp

[Dwight Gaut]

Like you, I upgraded my hard drive. I used Seagate's disk copy utility.
Then I had problems with some programs including office and I received the
identical message, cab not found.
I plugged in the old hard drive and found that I had dozens of files under
C:\windows\installer, whereas the new drive had nothing in this folder. I
copied everything from the old directory to the new and office ran the repair
utility without a hitch. (Still no 511735.... file but it no longer asks for
it)

 

[Dwight Gaut]

Like you, I upgraded my hard drive. I used Seagate's disk copy utility.
Then I had problems with some programs including office and I received the
identical message, cab not found.
I plugged in the old hard drive and found that I had dozens of files under
C:\windows\installer, whereas the new drive had nothing in this folder. I
copied everything from the old directory to the new and office ran the repair
utility without a hitch. (Still no 511735.... file but it no longer asks for
it)

 

[Dwight Gaut]

Like you, I upgraded my hard drive. I used Seagate's disk copy utility.
Then I had problems with some programs including office and I received the
identical message, cab not found.
I plugged in the old hard drive and found that I had dozens of files under
C:\windows\installer, whereas the new drive had nothing in this folder. I
copied everything from the old directory to the new and office ran the repair
utility without a hitch. (Still no 511735.... file but it no longer asks for
it)

 

[Dwight Gaut]

Like you, I upgraded my hard drive. I used Seagate's disk copy utility.
Then I had problems with some programs including office and I received the
identical message, cab not found.
I plugged in the old hard drive and found that I had dozens of files under
C:\windows\installer, whereas the new drive had nothing in this folder. I
copied everything from the old directory to the new and office ran the repair
utility without a hitch. (Still no 511735.... file but it no longer asks for
it)

 

[Dwight Gaut]

Like you, I upgraded my hard drive. I used Seagate's disk copy utility.
Then I had problems with some programs including office and I received the
identical message, cab not found.
I plugged in the old hard drive and found that I had dozens of files under
C:\windows\installer, whereas the new drive had nothing in this folder. I
copied everything from the old directory to the new and office ran the repair
utility without a hitch. (Still no 511735.... file but it no longer asks for
it)

 

[Dwight Gaut]

Like you, I upgraded my hard drive. I used Seagate's disk copy utility.
Then I had problems with some programs including office and I received the
identical message, cab not found.
I plugged in the old hard drive and found that I had dozens of files under
C:\windows\installer, whereas the new drive had nothing in this folder. I
copied everything from the old directory to the new and office ran the repair
utility without a hitch. (Still no 511735.... file but it no longer asks for
it)

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[Thomas II]

Office 2003 Pro SP1, running on Windows XP Pro. All patches and updates in
place.

I recently imaged my old hard drive to a new larger one; the old one was
then removed. Office 2003 Professional apps now work fine on the new drive,
with one exception.

When trying to open any one of the Office apps, such as Word or Excel, (but
not Front Page or Publisher, which were originally installed separately on
the old HD) before it opens, the Windows Installer

screen pops up, saying it is Preparing to Install. Then another screen
appears: Microsoft Office

Word 11.0 - An error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning
properly. Please run Setup

and select "Repair..." to restore this application.

Click OK, and Word opens up and seems to function normally.

the feature

is on a network resource that is unavailable, and to either try again or
enter an alternate path

Jim

Same thing here, Jim, with slight variations.

I upgraded the hard drive and migrated everything using the drive
manufacturer's routine. Since there was really nothing wrong with the old
drive (it was just too small) I hooked it up as a secondary drive.

I get the same messages, except mine can't find a PRO.MSI file and Search
didn't find it on either drive. I'm a novice at this, but when you take a
step back and look at what's going on, it has the appearance of the software
manufacterer trying to protect their product from being installed on more
than one computer. Each hard drive has an ID and, when you register the
'Product', it receives an ID and the two numbers are 'married', for lack of a
better term.

Then, when the product finds itself in bed with another drive, the message
is "I'm really not supposed to be here! I can perform, but it's not right!"
Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with software manufacterer's
trying to protect the products that they spend time and money to create, but
there is a problem with migrating Office from one drive to another, whether
it's a simple copy from one drive to another or an uninstall/install, and
they should develope a procedure to accomplish this that's simple to perform
and protects their interests at the same time. Or at least tell us how it's
done without charging a Support fee - and you know who 'they' are!

 

[dglenh12]

Good News!!!

I had the exact same issue as everyone in this thread, and after some
extensive research I was able to fix the problem on my computer with a
little work.

I found that the problem lies within office 2003 sp1. I actually have
the service pack disk from windows and watched it reinstall the exact
same file that it says is missing as I was reinstalling. But anyway,
you all want a fix.

From support.microsoft.com download the "Windows Installer CleanUp"
Utility. When you install/run the utility, it should show up on your
programs menu.

This utility will uninstall any programs that use the "Windows
Installer" as its application installer. The file is not missing but is
actually corrupt. I imagine that you are also unable to uninstall office
03 from the control panel?

This Utility will do this for you and then you can install a fresh copy
of office 2003. Just make sure you don't uninstall/clean programs that
deal with your OS. It should give the specific name of the program you
wish to remove. In this case Microsoft Office 2003. Then you can
reinstall a fresh copy.

I didn't have any problem losing any of my office settings, but it is a
good idea to backup your files and settings just in case.

Hope this helps you all.

Dan

 

[dglenh12]

Good News!!!

I had the exact same issue as everyone in this thread, and after some
extensive research I was able to fix the problem on my computer with a
little work.

I found that the problem lies within office 2003 sp1. I actually have
the service pack disk from windows and watched it reinstall the exact
same file that it says is missing as I was reinstalling. But anyway,
you all want a fix.

From support.microsoft.com download the "Windows Installer CleanUp"
Utility. When you install/run the utility, it should show up on your
programs menu.

This utility will uninstall any programs that use the "Windows
Installer" as its application installer. The file is not missing but is
actually corrupt. I imagine that you are also unable to uninstall office
03 from the control panel?

This Utility will do this for you and then you can install a fresh copy
of office 2003. Just make sure you don't uninstall/clean programs that
deal with your OS. It should give the specific name of the program you
wish to remove. In this case Microsoft Office 2003. Then you can
reinstall a fresh copy.

I didn't have any problem losing any of my office settings, but it is a
good idea to backup your files and settings just in case.

Hope this helps you all.

Dan

 

[dglenh12]

Good News!!!

I had the exact same issue as everyone in this thread, and after some
extensive research I was able to fix the problem on my computer with a
little work.

I found that the problem lies within office 2003 sp1. I actually have
the service pack disk from windows and watched it reinstall the exact
same file that it says is missing as I was reinstalling. But anyway,
you all want a fix.

From support.microsoft.com download the "Windows Installer CleanUp"
Utility. When you install/run the utility, it should show up on your
programs menu.

This utility will uninstall any programs that use the "Windows
Installer" as its application installer. The file is not missing but is
actually corrupt. I imagine that you are also unable to uninstall office
03 from the control panel?

This Utility will do this for you and then you can install a fresh copy
of office 2003. Just make sure you don't uninstall/clean programs that
deal with your OS. It should give the specific name of the program you
wish to remove. In this case Microsoft Office 2003. Then you can
reinstall a fresh copy.

I didn't have any problem losing any of my office settings, but it is a
good idea to backup your files and settings just in case.

Hope this helps you all.

Dan

 

[dglenh12]

Good News!!!

I had the exact same issue as everyone in this thread, and after some
extensive research I was able to fix the problem on my computer with a
little work.

I found that the problem lies within office 2003 sp1. I actually have
the service pack disk from windows and watched it reinstall the exact
same file that it says is missing as I was reinstalling. But anyway,
you all want a fix.

From support.microsoft.com download the "Windows Installer CleanUp"
Utility. When you install/run the utility, it should show up on your
programs menu.

This utility will uninstall any programs that use the "Windows
Installer" as its application installer. The file is not missing but is
actually corrupt. I imagine that you are also unable to uninstall office
03 from the control panel?

This Utility will do this for you and then you can install a fresh copy
of office 2003. Just make sure you don't uninstall/clean programs that
deal with your OS. It should give the specific name of the program you
wish to remove. In this case Microsoft Office 2003. Then you can
reinstall a fresh copy.

I didn't have any problem losing any of my office settings, but it is a
good idea to backup your files and settings just in case.

Hope this helps you all.

Dan

 

[dglenh12]

Good News!!!

I had the exact same issue as everyone in this thread, and after some
extensive research I was able to fix the problem on my computer with a
little work.

I found that the problem lies within office 2003 sp1. I actually have
the service pack disk from windows and watched it reinstall the exact
same file that it says is missing as I was reinstalling. But anyway,
you all want a fix.

From support.microsoft.com download the "Windows Installer CleanUp"
Utility. When you install/run the utility, it should show up on your
programs menu.

This utility will uninstall any programs that use the "Windows
Installer" as its application installer. The file is not missing but is
actually corrupt. I imagine that you are also unable to uninstall office
03 from the control panel?

This Utility will do this for you and then you can install a fresh copy
of office 2003. Just make sure you don't uninstall/clean programs that
deal with your OS. It should give the specific name of the program you
wish to remove. In this case Microsoft Office 2003. Then you can
reinstall a fresh copy.

I didn't have any problem losing any of my office settings, but it is a
good idea to backup your files and settings just in case.

Hope this helps you all.

Dan