Morning all,

I have recently started receiving an error when I open Excel - the MS office
installer runs automatically and then fails because of the missing file
'sku112.cab'. I have Office 2003 installed on my computer (Windows XP), and
it has worked fine for the last two and a bit years - I'm not sure why this
file would suddenly disappear.

If I browse to the Office folder in my Program Files, I can open the file
'EXCEL', and after cancelling the error message several times, it will open.
If I right click on an excel file or open the file 'Microsoft Office Excel
2003' in the start menu, I receive the error and the programme fails to open.

Unfortunately, I have recently moved to Niger to conduct research for my
masters thesis, so do not have the original installation CDs on me, and will
not have them for a number of months. Part of my work is data analysis, and
excel is vital for this - I wondered if there was any solution
(particularly as none of the other Office programmes seem to have any problem
loading)? I have tried searching for the missing file, but have not been able
to find it on my hard drive.

I'm not sure if it is in any way linked, but I recently installed openoffice
2.3 so that I could have a document editor with a French interface. Other
than that, I have not made any changes to Office, other than the automatic
office/windows updates that run in the background and to which a pay little
attention.

I would greatly appreciate any help!