Office 2008 installation problem

Most recent version of leopard, yes. (anxiously awaiting 5.2)<br>
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I installed it in the default location the installer chooses, didn't change a thing. All the files are present in my wife's login, in the applications> Microsoft Office 2008 folder.<br>
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When I open her applications and try to run Word, *it* runs the office 2008 installer, which crashes. I can't open any of the office programs in her login, as they all do that.
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On 2/6/08 9:47 PM, in article ee8c748.1.DeleteThis@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Dill"
<Dill> wrote:

> I installed it in the default location the installer chooses, didn't change a
> thing. All the files are present in my wife's login, in the applications>
> Microsoft Office 2008 folder.
>
> When I open her applications and try to run Word, *it* runs the office 2008
> installer, which crashes. I can't open any of the office programs in her
> login, as they all do that.

I wonder if you are somehow bitten by this bug:

Permissions when installing Office Mac 2008 on multi user computer

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/permissions_when_installing_office_m
ac_2008_on_multi_user_co.html>

It's only supposed to hit users with non-admin privileges. I have several
admin Users and can open Entourage 2008 in other users with no problems.

This might be a combo of a system and Office problem. Have you run Repair
Permissions since installing Leopard?

Using Repair Permissions after installing MS Office or any application that
uses an installer is often advised. To use Repair Permissions:
1. Open Disk Utility in your Applications/Utility folder.
2. Click on the First Aid tab and select Repair Permissions
3. Click on the icon for your boot volume.
4. Click the repair permissions button.

Don't run from CD. Updates contain a newer versions of the application's
permissions.

--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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I've upgraded to Leopard 5.2. I repaired Disk Permissions several times. Here's what it tells me.

Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
ACL found but not expected on "Applications/Utilities".
ACL found but not expected on "Applications".
ACL found but not expected on "Library".

Permissions repair complete

I uninstalled Office in my account, logged in to my wife's (also an Admin account), and tried to install it, but the installer crashes almost immediately, as does the error reporting.
I reinstalled it in my account.

When I run the permissions script linked above, it says "chown: –h: Invalid argument" I've googled about, and it appears this has something to do with permissions.

It sounds like it's more than an Office problem. Any suggestions?
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Ok, I now have repaired permissions and have no problems there. All clear.

However, the script still won't run. It says, in my account, "chown: –h: Invalid"

And when I try to run Word in my wife's account, it opens the installer assistant, which crashes, but now at least the error-reporting doesn't crash. Here's the error.

/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/chown –h –R root:admin "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2008" "/Library/Automator" "/Library/Fonts/Microsoft""/Library/Application Support/Microsoft"
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On 2/14/08 1:41 PM, in article ee8c748.3 RemoveThis @webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "Dill"
<Dill> wrote:

> I've upgraded to Leopard 5.2. I repaired Disk Permissions several times.
> Here's what it tells me.

Try doing an "Archive & Install" of Leopard. Then apply the standalone
10.5.2 updater.

How to: Archive and Install

Make sure to choose the options to maintain your user settings. Once the
install has finished, your system will be at whatever level the disk you
have is. So if your Install DVD/CD disk is 10.5, that's what version of OS
will be on your Mac. You will need to download the appropriate Combo Updater
from Apple's site to restore the system to a higher version. After you run
the combo, allow Software Update to download and install any additional
updates.

10.5.2 combo updater

<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1052comboupdate.html>
--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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