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Thanks for the information as to the combo updates, but the root problem remains. The useful reference you gave describes this as a common problem, which is I am sure correct. This would have helped if I had not already run Monolingual, (not just to save a few kb in Office but to save over a Gb overall) in my ignorance. The suggested solution now is that I have to delete Office and reinstall, and I have to ask: why is that so? No other software manufacturer has this proprietorial attitude towards language files; nobody but MBU flatly refuses to update if they have been removed. At this stage I have to balance hours of time deleting and reinstalling against the unknown security risks of leaving Office as 12.1.5. For the moment, I’ll take the risk; but as a paying customer of Microsoft I would rather be able to update in the traditional easy way, as I can with all other software. Surely MBU could come up with a patch to allow updating if language files are deleted, rather than expect customers to risk the very dodgy-looking hacks in the updater executables suggested at numerous websites? In the long run, this is just another small reason to stop buying Microsoft Office... – Jonathan, on June 14, 2009 22:39

Having unwittingly run Monolingual with no idea that this would break future Office updates, i am now stuck with Nadyne's solution no.3; uninstall; reinstall; run a series of incremental updates, because Microsoft don't do combo updates; all the time keeping my fingers crossed that nothing was deleted that shouldn't have been. Half a day's work, totally unproductive. I appreciate that the 'standard' update insists on looking for all language files, but as so many Mac users are in my situation, wouldn't it make sense for Microsoft to offer a version of the update for such users? I don't know any other software that won't update because language files were removed; is every other manufacturer wrong? Meanwhile I will simply put up with using 12.1.5 and hope there are no security problems... :( – Jonathan, on June 13, 2009 10:53