Missing Cabs when Installing full file version of OneNote SP1 (and Office 2003 SP1)

[Chris H.]

Do you have a DVD or CD restore system on the Toshiba, Simon? You should be
able to navigate to the "programs" folder (I believe it is, can't look right
now) and install the original OneNote from there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[Chris H.]

Do you have a DVD or CD restore system on the Toshiba, Simon? You should be
able to navigate to the "programs" folder (I believe it is, can't look right
now) and install the original OneNote from there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[Chris H.]

Do you have a DVD or CD restore system on the Toshiba, Simon? You should be
able to navigate to the "programs" folder (I believe it is, can't look right
now) and install the original OneNote from there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[Chris H.]

Do you have a DVD or CD restore system on the Toshiba, Simon? You should be
able to navigate to the "programs" folder (I believe it is, can't look right
now) and install the original OneNote from there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[Chris H.]

Do you have a DVD or CD restore system on the Toshiba, Simon? You should be
able to navigate to the "programs" folder (I believe it is, can't look right
now) and install the original OneNote from there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[Grant Robertson]

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

What seems more likely is IF you tell it to install the CABs to the HD
then it does so and changes the pointer in the registry to point to the
location on the HD. Then if you delete the files the pointer points to an
empty folder. However, IF you never told it to install the CABs to the HD
then the pointer would still point to the CD. Since I don't know what
this folder is then I can't tell you where to find the pointer in the
registry to modify it. Maybe someone else knows.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.

 

[PT]

You don't reinstall the entire computer. You just insert the Office 2003
CD, and ask it to reinstall Office. It leaves all your settings, data etc.
intact. The whole process takes about ten minutes.

--
PT

I had this problem doing an update of Office 2003. After some flailing, I
learned that, unlike previous versions of Office, which kept all the .CAB
files on the installation CD's, Office 2003 copies them all to your HD.
Thus, to do an update with O2003, you must have the .CAB files on the HD.
Office 2003 won't look to the Installation CD's.

The problem is that it's really easy to delete the Office .CAB files if you
use the Disk Cleanup routine in My Computer. If you do so, Office can no
longer be updated, unless you first haul out the O2003 installation CD's,
and do a reinstall.

It seems to me that this newer setup is really poor. First, it clogs your
HD with 250+ MB of files, and second, because they get included
automatically in the Disk Cleanup checklist, it's really an accident waiting
to happen.

To prevent this accident, you should, after reinstalling, load the Disk
Cleanup routine in My Computer, and then uncheck the box "Office Setup
Files".

Unfortunately, I'm not willing to reinstall my entire laptop - I don't have
an install CD for OneNote; it comes as part of the Toshiba Restore
procedure.