iMac, iBook: How to Reinstall World Book Software

World Book Encyclopedia software cannot be reinstalled from the World Book Media CD. When you open this disc, a window appears with a folder named "INFO_DAT". The World Book 2003 Edition Media CD window also displays these folder aliases: "Launch World Book" and "Open World Book Folder". Clicking either of these results in an alert with this message:

"Cannot Find World Book. The World Book may have been deleted, may not have been installed, or may have been moved to a location that you cannot access."

This happens when using:

• World Book Encyclopedia Mac OS X Edition
• World Book 2003
• eMac
• iBook computers that come with Mac OS X 10.1 or later:
  • iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM)
  • iBook (32 VRAM), iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM)
  • iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM)
  • iBook (14.1 LCD)
  • iBook (Late 2001)
  • iBook (Dual USB)
• iMac computers that come with Mac OS X 10.1 or later:
  • iMac (Flat Panel)
  • iMac (17-inch Flat Panel)
  • iMac (17-inch 1GHz)
  • iMac (Summer 2001)

The World Book Media CD is used for animations and videos displayed by the World Book application. It is not used to install World Book software. Use the Software Restore discs or DVD that came with your computer to install this software.

Note: Not all iMac (Summer 2001) computers included Mac OS X 10.1 and World Book software.

Related documents

61802: "Macintosh: How to Restore Your Apple Software".
25380: "Mac OS X 10.2: Restore DVD - How to Install Individual Third-Party Software Items Without Erasing"
25638: "Mac OS X 10.3: World Book 2003 Unexpectedly Quits When Opening"