FP2000: Error Message: "Installer Terminated Prematurely" During Setup (266358)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This article was previously published under Q266358

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to install FrontPage 2000, the following symptoms may occur:
  • You receive the following error message:
    Installer terminated prematurely.
    When you click OK, Setup terminates.

  • You create a verbose log file by using a command line similar to the following:

    d:\setup.exe /L*V c:\verboselog.txt

    When you open the Verboselog.txt log file in WordPad and scroll to the bottom of the log file, you see text similar to the following: 
    MSI (c) (C9:A5): Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RemoveODBC,,)
Action 12:03:14: RemoveODBC. 
MSI (c) (C9:A5): Executing op: ODBCDriverManager()
MSI (c) (C9:A5): Generating exception report.
=====================================================
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Module: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
Function: 0xbff9a3c0
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CAUSE

This problem can occur when your ODBC Control Panel files are corrupted.

RESOLUTION

For additional information about how to resolve this problem, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

234928 OFF2000: Error Message: "Installer Terminated Prematurely" During Setup

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/2/2000
Keywords:kbprb KB266358
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