{"id":60197,"date":"2023-10-15T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T10:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/60197\/fehler-bei-microsoft-office-installation-invalid-file-format-specification-field-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T10:11:08","slug":"fehler-bei-microsoft-office-installation-invalid-file-format-specification-field-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/60197\/fehler-bei-microsoft-office-installation-invalid-file-format-specification-field-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fehler bei Microsoft Office Installation: invalid file format specification field!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Installation Microsoft Office Installation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today I wanted to install Microsoft Office in a virtual machine. The installation got stuck and nothing happened for ages. So I closed the window and tried again. All I got was an error message that the installation was already &#8220;installed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_1.png 529w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_1-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, nothing was installed yet, but the indication of the installation status was at least correct. There is an icon in the tray. This then also displayed an error message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"92\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_2.png 658w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_2-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre>\r\nformat error: invalid format specification field!\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>So something went wrong with the download.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/60197\/fehler-bei-microsoft-office-installation-invalid-file-format-specification-field-2\/#Solution_1_Stop_installation_and_try_again\" >Solution 1: Stop installation and try again<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/60197\/fehler-bei-microsoft-office-installation-invalid-file-format-specification-field-2\/#Solution_2_Offline_Installer\" >Solution 2: Offline Installer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solution_1_Stop_installation_and_try_again\"><\/span>Solution 1: Stop installation and try again<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first thing to try is to restart the installation. The process could not be terminated, so I restarted the computer and ran the installation again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"324\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_3.png 651w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_3-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solution_2_Offline_Installer\"><\/span>Solution 2: Offline Installer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If this does not work either, the Office Installer can be downloaded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"324\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_4.png 531w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_4-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This downloads an image file, which can then be mounted as a drive by right-clicking. Here we can then carry out the installation without the installer itself having to download anything else.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"188\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_5.png 404w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/office_5-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n\n            \n            \n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal aawp-product--ribbon aawp-product--sale aawp-product--bestseller\"  data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0CNFNMCHS\" data-aawp-product-id=\"110129\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"ekiwide0b-21\" data-aawp-product-title=\"Microsoft 365 Single | 1 Jahr | 1 Person | Office Apps mit KI | 1 TB Cloudspeicher | Abo mit automatischer Verl\u00e4ngerung\">\n\n    <span 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