text: > If you do not have the installation cd and want to solve this issue\n> follow these steps: (works most of the time with all sku.cab files)\n> \n> 1. Click on start==>run==>type "excel /s" without quotations and click\n> ok.\n> 2. Once Excel is up in safe mode with the error message in front, hold\n> down ctrl+Alt+Delete keys on your keyboard to bring the task manager\n> up.\n> 3. Click on the processes tab==>look for msiexec.exe (only the one\n> next to your user name), click on it and end the process.\n> 4. Excel should be running without an error message now==>close Excel\n> in safe mode==>reopen it one more time in safe mode to check if it is\n> opening with no error message.\n> 5. Close Excel /s and open Excel normally, it should work fine.