Error installing VS .NET 2003 "Excel 8.0 not found on this machine"

[vma]

Hi,
I'm trying to install VS .NET 2003 and I keep receiving an error "Excel 8.0 not found on this machine". I press OK and then SAP Interactive Excel is installed and it asks me to restart the comp. If I restart nothing happens after restart, if I don't restart the instalation is stoped and nothing happens.
How can I resolve this?
Thank you in advance!

[vma]

I managed to resolve this problem... better say find away the problem. I started the instalation from the SETUP folder that was on CD and by this way .NET didn't checked that thing about Excel only at the end when everythig was installed succesfully already

[jim.fred]

I encountered the same problem. An un-install didn't fix it.

Resolution: remove registry entries that reference directory C:\Program Files\SAP\FrontEnd\sapgui\FILC.

This FILC directory contains the CAB files to install SAP Interactive Excel. It seems that Install Shield would refer to an installation path in the registry whenever Install Shield started. I determined that the FILC directory was involved by using Windows Process Explorer and saw that the installation process had this file open: C:\Program Files\SAP\FrontEnd\sapgui\FILC\_isdel.exe

-Jim