Error message when you try to install a 2007 Office suite or program: "Path \\<ServerName\<ShareName> is not available for installing"

For a Microsoft Office 2003 version of this article, see 816950 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816950/).

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install a 2007 Microsoft Office suite or program to a network location, you receive one of the following error messages:

•	When you try to install the 2007 Office suite or program to network share Path \\`ServerName`\`ShareName` is not available for installing. Try another path.
•	When you try to install the 2007 Office suite or program to mapped network drive Network, CDROM, and RAM drives are not supported install paths. Choose a folder located on a fixed disk or removable drive.

This issue occurs because the 2007 Office Setup program does not support installing a 2007 Office suite or program to a network location.

To work around this issue, install the 2007 Office suite or program to a local hard disk.

•	Microsoft Office Professional 2007
•	Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
•	Microsoft Office Standard 2007
•	Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007
•	Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
•	Microsoft Office Basic 2007
•	Microsoft Office Excel 2007
•	Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
•	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
•	Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
•	Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007
•	Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
•	Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
•	Microsoft Office Word 2007

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