{"id":9393,"date":"2019-01-09T21:25:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T02:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=9393"},"modified":"2019-01-09T21:25:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T02:25:05","slug":"couldnt-stream-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=9393","title":{"rendered":"Couldn’t stream office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So I figured I’d try Office 2019. It came out a few months ago, and I have the MSDN license and everything, so why not give it a test drive. I downloaded the DVD installation image, and ran setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately, I was presented with a cryptic error message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What the devil does this mean? I am installing from a Microsoft-provided DVD image. Surely, it has all the required files?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Go online…” link was of no use. Just some generic stuff about installation failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick online search, however, revealed the culprit: Office 2019 won’t install unless Office 2016 is removed first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not something I am inclined to do at this time, not without thoroughly testing Office 2019 first to make sure that it behaves the way I like it (I am especially worried about Outlook and my encrypted imap connection, which can be a bitch to set up.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case… in the software industry, 30 years ago already we had installers that gracefully recognized an existing installation of the same package, and offered either an upgrade or a side-by-side install. Or, worst case, they offered a meaningful<\/em> error message, informing the hapless user that the prior version must be uninstalled first. Because, you know, chances are anyone installing Office 2019 might already have a copy of Office 2016 installed on their system?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess none of that is needed in 2019. After all, what kind of a dumb user am I if I don’t immediately understand Error code 30182-1 (2)?<\/p>\n<\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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