Repairing the Client Components for Backward-Compatible Document Libraries

You can repair the client components for backward-compatible document libraries (Web Storage System-based) of Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. You can also use the command line to repair client components.

Repair the client components for backward-compatible document libraries by using Control Panel

1. Log on to the client computer as a user with administrator privileges.
2. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
3. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click Client Components for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.
4. Click Change.
5. On the Welcome to the Client Components Setup Wizard page, click Next.
6. On the Maintenance Mode Options page, click Repair the client components of the document management component of SharePoint Portal Server, and then click Next.
7. On the Ready to Repair the Program page, click Install.

   The Install Client Components progress page appears, and Windows repairs the client components.

8. On the Completing the Client Components Setup Wizard page, click Finish.

Repair the client components for backward-compatible document libraries from the command line

1. On the taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
2. Type "path\setup" /f "path\SPSClient.msi", where path is the path to the setup.exe and SPSClient.msi files.

   Include the switch /f to repair the client components.

   For example, to repair the client components, where setup.exe and SPSClient.msi are in E:\Client Files, you would type E:\Client Files\setup" /f "E:\Client Files\SPSClient.msi.

Note  If you have removed one or more of the installation prerequisites, you cannot repair the client components unless you disable the prerequisite check. You can disable the prerequisite check by adding DISABLEPREREQ=1 to the command line. To disable the prerequisite check in the preceding example, you would type E:\Client Files\setup" /f "E:\Client Files\SPSClient.msi" DISABLEPREREQ=1.