On 3/5/2007 1:06 PM PT, Phillip Pi wrote:

I have a problem with a tiny CSV file
(http://lite2.myfabrik.com/get/010100...ofile-high.zip
from Command & Conquer 3 demo) that keeps prompting MS Windows
Installer to want my MS Office 2000 SR-1 Premium disk DATA1.MSI.

I can hit cancel to skip it without problems that I saw. Or I can
leave the CD in the drive and it let use it. How do I get rid of
this annoyance? I tried making a new text file with "test" in a
CSV file. Excel did not prompt me to get the CD.

Any ideas? I am using Windows XP Pro. SP2 (IE 6.0 SP2) with all
updates. All updates for Office 2000 as well. Thank you in
advance. :)
Your test file: Is the word "test" the only thing it contained?
Just one word, no commas, nothing else?
Correct. No tabs and spaces either. I don't know why that makes a
difference. I tried another CSV file from scratch with Notepad
with: test1,test2. That made the MSI pop-up come up. :(

OK. Are you trying to open the file by double clicking? Using File,
Open in Excel? Other method?
Both in Windows Explorer with double clicking and with Excel's File
Open. It doesn't seeem to matter which method. I forgot to mention
that Windows XP's event logs didn't show anything interesting except
MSI service started from this incident.

BTW, I am at work now so I can't play around with Excel 2000 for more
testings since it is on my home machine.

During the Office installation process, you have the option of
installing various converters and filters. That's exactly what they're
called in the install list. There's a converter for csv files. I
suspect yours is not installed. So, open control panel, choose
Add/Remove Program, scroll down to Microsoft Office, click the
"Change" button or whatever it's called, and check the list of
features already installed.

I will check that out later tonight. I am pretty sure I have those
Office 2000 converters installed. I even have 2007 converters installed.

I was correct. Everything under "Converters and Filters" are installed. :(
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