[Wine] Re: Installing MSWord SETUP.INI is missing or invalid

[thomas_f]

Hi, an addition to yesterday's mystery:

I find that every failed install leaves a file named "Word 2002 Setup (nnnn).txt" in "c:\windows\temp". Here is what it says:


> 
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Launch Setup 
> 10.07.2008 10:41:19 
> Detected Windows Info:
>   PlatformId = 2
>   MajorVersion = 5
>   MinorVersion = 1
> Setup path: D:\MSWord\SETUP.EXE
> Searching for .INI file: SETUP.INI
> D:\MSWord\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI
> Settings file located: D:\MSWord\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI
> GetTempPath returned: C:\windows\temp\
> 
> NT Version 5 detected
> NT Service Pack 0x0 detected. (Minimum 0x600 required)
> Loading MSI Library....
> C:\windows\system32\MSI.DLL
> .. succeeded.
> DllGetVersion succeeded.
> Using Darwin Version 1.10.1029.0 from .ini file
> Minimum MSI version required is 1.10.1029.0
> MSI.DLL version installed now is 2.0.2600.0
> Trying to get version of 
> C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
> ...succeeded.
> C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe is version 2.0.2600.2
> Reading settings file 
> D:\MSWord\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI
> File "...WORDRET.MSI" could not be located
> Invalid settings file contents.
> Die Einstellungsdatei D:\MSWord\FILES\SETUP\SETUP.INI fehlt oder ist ungültig. Bitte vergewissern Sie sich, dass die Datei existiert und dass Zugriff auf sie besteht.
> 
> ***** Setup exits 
> 10.07.2008 10:41:29 
> (return = -204)

So the SETUP.INI file contents is invalid, apparently because it makes something look for a "File "...WORDRET.MSI"". I couldn't find it either, neither on the DVD nor on the Wine "C:"- drive. There is no file ending in .msi or .MSI at all. What's happening here? The DVD is the original that came with my computer when I bought it new some years ago.

Any ideas? 
All the best -- Thomas