Re: 'error 1311 source file not found' when reinstalling Office 03

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Thanks, Mary

I had uninstalled MSO2003 but had not deleted any Office set up files. I
don't understand why, when trying to reinstall, MSD2003 can't find that file.
Surely it would re-copy it to my hard drive if it didn't exist there already?

I have plenty of space on my hard drive, and it is not partitioned


"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Local Install Source (Msocache)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825933/en-us

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"cybermuda" <cybermuda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have read your posts with interest, as I received a very similar error
message when trying to reinstall MSO2003 from the original disk, but I don't
understand your solution - grateful if you could expand in layman's terms :-)

I have searched my hard drive but can't find "msocache" so can't rename
anything using regedit

Thanks

"jim6149" wrote:

Hi Mary,

The solution was to rename the old MSO Folders using regedit, then reinstall
from the CD.

I still do not understand what the cause of my problems was. But installer
is behaving itself again and MSO is back to normal.

Thanks again for your kind assistance.

Regards
Jim
"Mary Sauer" wrote:

I hope all goes well, we will appreciate what the walk through uncovered.

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"jim6149" <jim6149@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mary,
Thank you so much for your assistance - I have been trying for days to
fix
this problem. About 3 minutes before you posted I called MS support so
have
also recieved some help from them.
Mary, your admin log on makes sense also MS support theory is that
remaining
hidden MSO files are preventing reinstall

Latest actions:
- D/loaded "Office removal bat" file
- Logged as Admin in safe mode
- bat file would not run

Next actions - remove old MSO files with SubInACL then run MSICUU2.

The very helpful young man from MS Support will call me again at 5pm
(GMT+8)
tomorrow and walk me through the above actions - I'll post the outcome
tomorrow.

Incidentally - I searched for 'error 1311 source file not found' in
google
and on the MS Support sites but did not pick up KB818234 .

Kind regards
Jim


"Mary Sauer" wrote:

See:
"Error 1311: cannot locate source file" error message when you install a
2007
Office suite or Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818234/en-us
OFF: Error Messages When You Try to Run Office Setup on Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310777/en-us
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"jim6149" <jim6149@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Thanks in advance for the opportunity to ask for assistance.

When I repaired XP sp2 after a problem with Trend MicroCillin 2007 the
Windows installer started to play up. I ended up uninstalling MS
office
2003
after having installer popping up every time I tried to open Office
progs.
When I tried to reinstall MSO 03 but got the following error message:

'Error 1311 source file not found
c:\msocache\allusers\90000409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9\E3561406.cab'

I tried Windows install cleanup to remove the installer problem then
installed Windows Installer 3.1 also tried a full file upgrade of
Office
sp3.
Only got 'patch could not be installed errors'. Then tried
reinstalling XP
sp2 with current upgrades - no good.

I saw a post elsewhere about changing the permissions on msocache -
but I
can't even find the darn file.

I tried copying the files off the cd onto my hard drive - no good
either.

That's it, I'm out of ideas. Stuck again.

Any assistance much appreciated

Regards
Jim









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