May 27, 2008 - Old    Comments Off on Fixing the "Configuring Expression Web" bug in Outlook 2003

Fixing the "Configuring Expression Web" bug in Outlook 2003

[b:3mfimddw]The bug[/b:3mfimddw]

After installing the latest trial version of Expression Web, every time Outlook 2003 is opened a dialogue box pops up saying “[b:3mfimddw]Please wait Windows Installer is configuring Expression Web[/b:3mfimddw]” or something to that effect. It would run through the configuration setup and ask to restart Windows. Even after restarting Windows the dialogue box would reappear.

[b:3mfimddw]The solution[/b:3mfimddw]

The solution (for us) was quite simple. In Outlook 2003, select [b:3mfimddw]Help > Detect and Repair [/b:3mfimddw]from the main menu. You will need to insert your installation disc for Microsoft Office. Immediately after running Detect and Repair, the problem seems to have gone away.