# Word 2010 support - Weekly report - Part 2: Installation (cont.)

DevFeed: [Word 2010 support - Weekly report - Part 2: Installation (cont.)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/word-2010-support-weekly-report-part-2-installation-cont-33055.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/word-2010-support-weekly-report-part2-installation-cont/>)

Published: 2016-11-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Environment Variables](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/environment-variables.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

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## AI overview

This second weekly report examines Word 2010 installation on ReactOS. It describes missing environment variables affecting the OSPPSVC service, a failed MSI action with error 1603, and a workaround that allowed installation to finish while leaving the underlying failure unresolved.

## Source excerpt

In this second report I continue my investigations on the Word 2010 installation. Last time we saw that our services (and in particular the "Office Software Protection Platform" OSPPSVC service) were started without a complete environment block, and as a result some needed environment variables were missing, causing e.g. OSPPSVC to fail opening some of its files. We now analyse what happens after my local fix (NOTE: I have not committed the fix yet, as I validate it in my local installation first).