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by bkicvgm

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I linked a projector (NEC Multisync MT 840) to a Dell laptop that came loaded with Windows Office. At first, it seemed to be working well. Following, I turned off the laptop. When I brought the system back up, I could not access any of the Microsoft products contained on disk I (e.g., Word, Power Point, etc). When I clicked on the icon, It appeared to be working (i.e., the hour glass came up), then nothing. I tried to reinstall Office over the exisiting, with the same result. I uninstalled Office. When I try to reinstall I get the following error message:

"Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified paths are valid."

What are transforms and how do I ensure their validity?

Any help offered is greatly appreciated.

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by erikdr

It looks like a error obscuring the real cause, but at least my halfpenny directly on your question.
Transforms have the extension .MST.
They are binary files for Windows Installer (.MSI) applications like the Office 2000 setup. Usually they contain modifications to the setup, and references to folders containing the real files to be copied.

Looks like your PC is damaged so much that Office cannot find the things it installs itself...

But back to your question: yes, you CAN validate transforms but you need to dive thoroughly into Windows Installer. Both the Windows Installer SDK (free download from MS), Installshield InstallTuner (a few hundred bucks) and WISE for Windows Installer (more expensive but richer) do contain those MSI/MST validators, but (with MS as well as the others) you really need to study MSI well as to understand the output of the validation.

Hope thiz offerz zome help,

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