Microsoft Office 2010 install

The install may pick up 07 and remove it as part of the 2010 install.  I would go ahead with the 2010 disk and see what it says, should be straight forward.

Hi fh_freese,

You don't have to uninstall. The setup will upgrade the version automatically to 2010. The upgrade name is just for licensing purpose.

Greetings,

You have the option of upgrading if you want the installer to remove 2007. Or you can choose customize which will allow you to keep 2007 & install 2010 so you have both available on your system, should you want that. But you will only be able to keep one version of Outlook.

That's what I thought, however, the first time I tried this I got the infamous "Error 1304: Error writing to file....." in installing 2010 and had to use Microsoft FixIT Tool to completely remove both 2007 and 2010 which then allowed me to reinstall 2007. 2007 is working fine but I was wondering if I missed something in installing 2010. I'll try again and see what happens and let you all know

Folks,
Same problem - "Error 1304: Error writing to file: Policy 12.0 Microsoft Office Interop Access.dll. Verify that you have access to that directory."

I have administrator rights - I can install 2007 Professional. My product Key is valid. So what's going on?

I've attached in 2070 format what I got from Microsoft in trying to upgrade that might help
2010error.docx

Hi fh freese, although it sounds like you dont have right permissions to where you're installing (even as administrator I had to change ownership of folders to get full access before) looking on Microsoft.com it is saying the CD media may have an issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321339

Any scratches on the disk or had any recent problems with your CD drive?

I thought the same thing. The reinstall of 2007 was from the CD drive so the drive is not at fault. I downloaded Office 2010 Professional to see if I had the same problem I experienced in using the 2010 CD, and I did. I feel like the CD and the CD drive are ok.

ok...

tried...but failed. same problem but only with 2010.

Another user had this issue and came up with a fix--but it seems like you may need to contact the user to find out what they did--see this link:
http://mobile.experts-exchange.com/questions/26657243/Error-1304-Errot-writing-to-file.html

that other user was me - and i just thought i'd fix the problem. guess i'll stay with 2007 and continue my dislike for microsoft.

stayed with me - good effort