Excel installation error sku112.cab

[Sam W]

Morning all,

I have recently started receiving an error when I open Excel - the MS office
installer runs automatically and then fails because of the missing file
'sku112.cab'. I have Office 2003 installed on my computer (Windows XP), and
it has worked fine for the last two and a bit years - I'm not sure why this
file would suddenly disappear.

If I browse to the Office folder in my Program Files, I can open the file
'EXCEL', and after cancelling the error message several times, it will open.
If I right click on an excel file or open the file 'Microsoft Office Excel
2003' in the start menu, I receive the error and the programme fails to open.

Unfortunately, I have recently moved to Niger to conduct research for my
masters thesis, so do not have the original installation CDs on me, and will
not have them for a number of months. Part of my work is data analysis, and
excel is vital for this - I wondered if there was any solution
(particularly as none of the other Office programmes seem to have any problem
loading)? I have tried searching for the missing file, but have not been able
to find it on my hard drive.

I'm not sure if it is in any way linked, but I recently installed openoffice
2.3 so that I could have a document editor with a French interface. Other
than that, I have not made any changes to Office, other than the automatic
office/windows updates that run in the background and to which a pay little
attention.

I would greatly appreciate any help!

 

[Mary Sauer]

This solution was posted awhile ago, seems successful in many cases.

If you do not have the installation cd and want to solve this issue
follow these steps: (works most of the time with all sku.cab files)

1. Click on start==>run==>type "excel /s" without quotations and click
ok.

2. Once Excel is up in safe mode with the error message in front, hold
down ctrl+Alt+Delete keys on your keyboard to bring the task manager up.

3. Click on the processes tab==>look for msiexec.exe (only the one next
to your user name), click on it and end the process.

4. Excel should be running without an error message now==>close Excel in
safe mode==>reopen it one more time in safe mode to check if it is
opening with no error message.

5. Close Excel /s and open Excel normally, it should work fine.

The above solution was previously supplied by (e-mail address removed)
(Bahboosh) on other dedicated Newsgroup.

 

[Sam W]

brilliant - that worked a treat. thanks for your help! - that must've been
the only solution i'd missed, i've been trawling through forums for hours.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Hey, I am glad you were successful... Thanks for posting back, it is
appreciated.

 

[Peter from England]

Thank you very much Mary. This worked 100% first time. You're a star. I was
so frustrated I nearly threw my laptop across the room and your posting just
saved me a big bill! Thanks again, Peter, England, UK

 

[Mary Sauer]

Hey, I am just glad I kept the solution to this riddle in a folder. Thanks for
posting, it was a treat to read.

 

[lorap51]

I am trying to install the new Office 2007 Ultimate I just bought; original
disks, key, etc., I get this error message: cannot find sku112.cab.
cancelling installation. What now?