missing cab

[eddy]

I had to re-install windows and now I am trying to install office 2003 again
from my cd. The installation stops and asks for the SKU011.cab, but this cab
is on the cd. When I try to copy the cab manually to the msocache, I get the
message that windows cannot read from the device. I guess that there is a
problem on this CD and I can't find the cab anywhere.
Can somebody send me a solution, since all the other suggestions such as
changing a value in the reg don't work. I need this file!
Help!

 

[Peter Foldes]

Copied from Mary Sauer MS MVP


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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.


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[Eddy]

Hi Peter,
No, this is not a solution since excel is not installed yet. I am installing
office, or at least I am trying. The installtion stops since it cannnot read
the sku001 cab file from the cd any more and I can't find it elsewhee.

thanks anyway for answering.

Eddy