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WD98: Can't Run AutoUpdate Installer: Default Location Could Not Be Found

Article ID: 187586

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q187586

SYMPTOMS

After you download the Microsoft Word 98 Internet Assistant, when you double-click the AutoUpdate Installer, you receive the following error message:

The default location required for this install could not be found. This install will be cancelled.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you have renamed your Microsoft Word 98 program icon to something other than "Microsoft Word."

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, rename your Microsoft Word 98 program icon back to the default of Microsoft Word.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

To install the Word 98 Internet Assistant, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/macoffice/productinfo/98dl/wiaauto.htm

For more information on using the AutoUpdate feature in Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

187598 WD98: How AutoUpdate Downloads Information from the Internet

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