Not installed for current user

[Mark]

Upgraded to Windows 98SE from 98. Now I'm getting
message "MS Powerpoint has not been installed for the
current user. Please run setup to install the application."

I've run setup; I've taken office and powerpoint
completely off and on and still get the message. Anyone
know a solution?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

You might want to try a registry cleaner if one's available for your version
of Office (it's always a good idea to mention which).

Completely uninstall Office - Office Erasers / Registry Cleaners
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00297.htm

Then reinstall.

For future reference, installing Windows as an in-place upgrade to an
existing version (as opposed to a clean reformat and reinstall) is a bad
idea in general. It tends to produce weird, intractible problems like this.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Hello Mark,

There are several articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base about this
situation. See if any of the following articles helps:

298022 OFFXP: Error Message: Microsoft <Program Name> Has Not Been Installed
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=298022

302846 OFFXP: Error Message: <Office Program> Has Not Been Installed for the
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=302846

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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