Strange Behaviour

[capone67]

Hi Gang

My VB is behaving quite strange this morning. Often when I try to save a project or compile my ocx my system looks for the Office 2000 Premium CD and wants to install something. When I put the Office 2000 CD in mystem it tells me it is the wrong data1.msi file. This also occured when I first ran VB this morning. The files seem to get saved after I hit cancel but I am not confident that these haven't been corrupted.

I had to use MS reg cleaner yesterday on my system because my registry was mysteriously corrupted during the weekend while I was away.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of the MS office porblem?

 

[tcoffey]

In your application are you using a reference to an object that would reside on the office 2000 disk? Create a very simple application and make sure that the only reference information is the standard options (Visual Basic for Applications, Visual Basic runtime objects and procedures, Visual Basic objects and procedures and OLE Automation). You may not even need all these. Also remove components and then try the recompile! If it still happens I would be surprised.

 

[capone67]

I'll give that a try. The thing is this project didn't have these issues last week when I was working with it.

Ken

 

[capone67]

I also get the prompted to insert the Office 2000 CD when VB is loading. I would insert the CD but it has mysteriously disapeared from our office and when I try an older version of the Office 2000 cd it reports that it's an older version and not the CD that it needs.

Ken

 

[JJR]

I' ve had this problem for 3 months! Can you imagine programming a web solution and every time you start VB or run a program the Windows installer pops up THREE times telling me to install something. My event log was full with MSI error messages and no way to tell it I don't want it to install anything! >:-<

Early on I figured that I had to have the exact same cd with which I've installed Office. That was a hard one, because it was a MSDN cd..

Finally I got the right cd and it installed something (still don't know what) and the problem was solved.

Solution:

Get the right cd or deinstall office

Good luck!! ;-)

Jordi Reineman

 

[MatsHulten]

Solution #2: _NEVER_ (!!!) choose the install option install on first use!!! Always choose to install on HDD or don't install at all.

MS have had many bad ideas, but this one is right up there with the unkilleble office assistant.

However, as to the original question, I suggest a backup and then start to reinstall. Begin with Office and VB. If that doesn't help... Windows.
My experience of Windows is that once it starts to bug out, it is to late to do anything but a complete reinstallation.

Good Luck!
-Mats Hulten