OFF98: Installing or Removing Office 98 Disables File Sharing
Article ID: 183663
Article Last Modified on 10/2/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q183663
SYMPTOMS
After you install Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, folders on your
computer that you have shared may no longer be available to other users.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because File Sharing may be disabled when you install
or remove Office 98. File Sharing is disabled when the following is true:
- You use the Microsoft Office Installer to install Office 98, and you
click Quit instead of Restart at the end of the installation process.
-or-
- You use the Microsoft Office Installer to remove Office from your
computer.
-or-
- You use the Remove Office 98 program to remove Office from your
computer.
-and-
- You have not yet restarted your computer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, restart your computer.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
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