Where is Link?

[Dario de Judicibus]

I selected Link (the Cat) as my favorite Office XP assistant. However I
cannot find it in my Office XP Operating System (for search, for example).
Where is it?????

DdJ

[John Barnett - MVP]

A lot of the 'office assistant' characters are not installed by default.
After you chose the Cat did office actually install the cat character? I
don't use the office assistant but I have just gone through the procedure
and upon selecting the office assistant a message appeared saying that the
office assistant plug-in wasn't installed and that office needed to install
it. (help>show the office assistant) The next thing I did was select the Cat
as the office assistant from the character list. Once again a message
appeared to say it wasn't installed do I want to install it. After answering
'yes' the Cat was installed.
I suggest you open an Office application, I.e., Word etc and then click on
Help in the main toolbar. From the drop down menu look to see if 'Show the
office assistant' is visible. if it is click on it and the office assistant
should rush to do your bidding.

--
John Barnett - MVP
Associate Expert
www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net
"Dario de Judicibus" > wrote in message
...
>I selected Link (the Cat) as my favorite Office XP assistant. However I
> cannot find it in my Office XP Operating System (for search, for example).
> Where is it?????
>
> DdJ
>
>

[Dario de Judicibus]

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"Dario de Judicibus" > wrote in message
...
> I selected Link (the Cat) as my favorite Office XP assistant. However I
> cannot find it in my Office XP Operating System (for search, for example).
> Where is it?????
>
> DdJ
>
>

[Dario de Judicibus]

Any help?

> "Dario de Judicibus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I selected Link (the Cat) as my favorite Office XP assistant. However I
> > cannot find it in my Office XP Operating System (for search, for
example).
> > Where is it?????

[Sharon F]

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:36:47 +0100, Dario de Judicibus wrote:

> Any help?
>
>> "Dario de Judicibus" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I selected Link (the Cat) as my favorite Office XP assistant. However I
>>> cannot find it in my Office XP Operating System (for search, for
> example).
>>> Where is it?????

Run Office Setup. Select the option to add components. Go through the
choices to find Links the C. Make the necessary choices to install it and
follow the on screen prompts to complete.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Dario de Judicibus]

"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...

> Run Office Setup. Select the option to add components. Go through the
> choices to find Links the C. Make the necessary choices to install it and
> follow the on screen prompts to complete.

I am NOT speaking of Office. I have Link in Office. I wish to have it on
WinXP Search too! I cannot find a way.... :(

DdJ

[Sharon F]

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:58:28 +0100, Dario de Judicibus wrote:

> "Sharon F" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Run Office Setup. Select the option to add components. Go through the
>> choices to find Links the C. Make the necessary choices to install it and
>> follow the on screen prompts to complete.
>
> I am NOT speaking of Office. I have Link in Office. I wish to have it on
> WinXP Search too! I cannot find a way.... :(
>
> DdJ

Okay, okay! You do need it installed first. Since you have Links in Office
it is installed. Open Search. Then click on the dog. A new menu appears.
One of the choices is "Choose a different animated character."

PS: I use Links the Cat in Office and in Search instead of the dog too.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Dario de Judicibus]

"Sharon F" > wrote in message
...

> Okay, okay! You do need it installed first. Since you have Links in Office
> it is installed. Open Search. Then click on the dog. A new menu appears.
> One of the choices is "Choose a different animated character."

I know. That's the point. I'm sorry if I was not able to explain my problem
correctly. English is not my first language. I have Link in Office XP but,
when I try to change animated character in Search, Link is not available
among possible options. It looks like XP is looking in two different places
for animated characters depending if it is intended for Search or for
Office. I hope I was clear now. :-)

DdJ

[Sharon F]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:32:52 +0100, Dario de Judicibus wrote:

> I know. That's the point. I'm sorry if I was not able to explain my problem
> correctly. English is not my first language. I have Link in Office XP but,
> when I try to change animated character in Search, Link is not available
> among possible options. It looks like XP is looking in two different places
> for animated characters depending if it is intended for Search or for
> Office. I hope I was clear now. :-)

No need to apologize :)

Using Links as the search character, my registry shows the following in
this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\Actor\<path to
OFFCAT.ACS>

Replace <path to OFFCAT.ACS> with the path that is relevant to your file
locations.

Also, there was an update for Search Assistant. See the following article:
Error Message: "A File That Is Required to Run Search Companion Cannot Be
Found"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=319949

May want to try editing the registry key first (back up the key before
changing it) and check to see if you have that update installed.

If you decide to try reinstalling search assistant (using the srchasst.inf
file), double check the file version information for srchui.dll after the
reinstall. You want it to match the version/date that's mentioned in the MS
Knowledge Base article. If it doesn't, reapply that update.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User