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- Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
- BV0698: SETUP AND INSTALLATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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- Revision Date: 11/92
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- The following information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic(TM) for
- Windows(TM) versions 1.0 and 2.0.
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- 1. Q. What should I do if I receive the "Path file access" error
- message when I am running Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
- Setup?
-
- A. After you enter your name or company name, Setup attempts to
- write this information back to the Setup disk for identification
- purposes. If your Setup disk is write protected, the "Path file
- access" error message is displayed when Setup attempts to write
- to the disk. Back up all write-protected disks to non-write-
- protected disks, then run Setup again using the non-write-
- protected disks.
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- 2. Q. When I run Setup, I receive the "Insufficient disk space"
- error message even though I have verified that I have enough hard
- disk space. What should I do?
-
- A. It is possible to receive the "Insufficient disk space" error
- message during Setup when sufficient disk space exists to allow
- installation. This problem occurs most frequently when you are
- installing version 2.0 of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows over
- an existing installation of Visual Basic version 1.0 or 2.0.
-
- When you receive the "Insufficient disk space" error message, you
- can choose to stop the installation process, delete the existing
- copy of Visual Basic, and then attempt to run Setup again. If you
- are certain the computer has enough hard disk space, you can
- choose the Install Anyway button to continue the installation
- process. If you continue the installation and there is not enough
- hard disk space, the installation fails and presents a dialog box
- with Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.
-
- The "Insufficient disk space" error message may also be displayed
- if the drive name of your WINDOWS directory is missing from the
- PATH environment variable or if the size of your temporary
- Windows swap file increases during Setup.
-
- Check the format of the PATH environment variable. Make sure that
- the drive name for your WINDOWS directory is included in the path
- to the WINDOWS directory. If you are using Microsoft Windows
- without a permanent swap file, the temporary swap file may be
- increasing in size and using up your available hard disk space
- during Visual Basic Setup. To correct this problem, you can
- either make additional disk space available or create a permanent
- Windows swap file. (The size of permanent swap files does not
- change.) For more information about swap files, please refer to
- the chapter titled "Optimizing Windows" in the Microsoft Windows
- "User's Guide."
-
- 3. Q. When I run Setup, I receive the error message "Setup was
- unable to create a program item for VB.EXE." How can I correct
- this problem?
-
- A. This error occurs when Setup performs dynamic data exchange (DDE)
- with Windows Program Manager if a shell program other than
- PROGMAN.EXE is specified in your SYSTEM.INI file. You do not need
- to change your shell program to run Setup. To avoid this error,
- start PROGMAN.EXE from your custom shell before you run the
- Visual Basic Setup program.
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- 4. Q. The Setup program was interrupted by the error message "Disk
- not ready." What should I do?
-
- A. The disks must remain in the floppy disk drive until the Setup
- program has completely installed Microsoft Visual Basic for
- Windows. If an interruption occurs, delete from your hard disk
- any files that were installed up to the point of the
- interruption, then run Setup again.
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