re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application'
Monday, January 3, 2005 at 5:06 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by frank vh
(17 messages posted)
I have had the same problem.
At startup of excel, Excel looks for the default blank template.
Check to see if you have a blank map.xlt file located in the default template map.
If not, make one.
I don't remember any more where exactly to put map.xlt but I have map.xlt in the
following maps:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10
Problem solved for me.
On Monday, December 6, 2004 at 3:23 am, Mona-Lynn wrote:
>My situation is similar but not identical.
>
>Suddenly today, when try to I open an Excel document the Windows Installer starts
>trying to load FrontPage (unsuccessfully) and I couldn't open Excel at all. My shortcuts
>to Excel in my Start menu and on my QuickLaunch were doing the same thing.
>
>I discovered that my shortcuts had somehow been remapped, so I deleted them, found
>the orignal excel.exe and tried using that. Now I can open Excel, but it still runs
>the Installer as well. If I hit "cancel" a couple times, it goes away and I can
open
>files in Excel, except Help files: they just run the Installer and are unusable.
>
>Also in my Add/Remove programs FrontPage has appeared and I have never installed
>it.
>
>I am very suspicious of this and I suspect a virus. An hour's browsing on the Web
>have revealed a number of people with a similar (but not identical) problem but
no
>solutions. This has me rather worried.
>
>I am using XP.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thank you!
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