NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  German "File Decompression Error"
README FOR:  DCMPDE.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
PerfectOffice 3.0 for Windows
PerfectOffice Professional 3.0 for Windows

ABSTRACT:

This file should be used to resolve the German (DE) PerfectOffice
3.0  for Windows Decompression error message that occurs for some
users when installing PerfectOffice.  The POSETUP.EX_ file has
been modified and is included in this patch.



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ISSUE: 

During the process of installing German (DE) PerfectOffice 3.0
for Windows, the error "File Decompression Error" may occur. This
problem does not happen to all users and is not isolated to
Novell products.  This is a hardware problem related to caching
data on the
 computers Data BUS. 

 This problem can be worked around by using the DCMPDE.EXE file.
This file has a new version of the POSETUP.EX_ .  This file will
flush the Disk cache and attempt to decompress the files
correctly.  If this file does not resolve the problem, obtain the
InfoShare (Faxback) document #1663 by dialing 1-801-429-3239.



Self-Extracting File Name: dcmpde.exe

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

..\
      DCMPDE.TXT     (This file)
     POSETUP.EX_          352387         12-9-94      3:00:04 am


Installation Instructions:

Install Instructions for German (DE) PerfectOffice:
 NOTE: If you have a diskette labeled SETUP (REVISED), you
 already have this fix.

  1.  Create a temporary directory on the computer's hard drive
 (ie., C:\INSTALL).

  2.  Copy the PerfectOffice 3.0 disk labeled  SETUP, to the
temporary directory on the hard drive.
 NOTE: Only copy the SETUP disk to the INSTALL directory, not the
 entire disk set.
       a.  If you have the CD copy the following files from the
<CDROM Drive Letter>\POWIN30 directory to the newly created
directory:
  WPMIN_NL.OO1
  SETUP.EXE
  SHWIND20.DL_
  IDAPINST.DL_
  INSTRRF.DL_
  INSTBOR.DL_
  OBXINST.DL_
  WPGIDE.HLP
  INSTALL.LST
  INSTALL.DAT
  PO_DISKS.DAT

 3.  Copy the new POSETUP.EX_ file, that was downloaded, to the
INSTALL directory that was created in Step #1 above.  Confirm any
messages that prompt you to replace any existing files. This step
should replace the POSETUP.EX_ that was copied from the  SETUP
diskette.

  4.  Enter Windows.

  5.  Select File | Run | C:\INSTALL\SETUP.EXE.  This will run
the
 PerfectOffice installation from the hard drive.

  6.  Answer installation prompts as needed.  When the
installation requires the remaining disks to be entered, insert
the individual disks into the floppy drive as prompted.  The
installation will require you to change the location of where the
source disk is being read from, since the installation started
from the hard drive.

  NOTE: The progress bar may not accurately reflect the
Installation progress.

  7.  If you have a partial installation on your hard drive and
would like the installation to pick up from where you recieved
the error.  You should use the startup option /skip_identical
 when the new SETUP is run for the first time.  This will verify
the date and size of the files that have already been installed
and start the installation from where the error occurred without
reinstalling those files.  Ex: File | Run | C:\INSTALL\SETUP
/skip_identical.




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