FIX: Visual Basic 4.0 Setup on Compressed Drive Failure (145618)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows 4.0
This article was previously published under Q145618 SYMPTOMS
When attempting to install Visual Basic 4.0 for the first time, the
following message is received:
Setup cannot access the required initialization file :
'O:\VB4DROP\ENT-CD\SETUP\VB4-2.CAB : ACMSETUP.HLP : MSSTP32.DL_ :
VB4SETUP.TTF : ODBCCP32.DLL : ODBCINT.DLL : MSVCRT40.DLL'.
CAUSE
Installing on a compressed drive may fail if the uncompressed drive,
usually H:\, has more than 900K but less than 2MB free on it. This is due
to an error in SETUP.LST and SETUP16.LST on the CD. The value for
TmpDirSize in setup.lst/setup16.lst is set to 900. This tells the setup
program that setup need 900K of free space on the drive in order to create
the temporary directory (~msstfqf.t) for the install. The amount of
room needed by Visual Basic 4.0 is actually: - 32-bit Enterprise and Professional Editions: 2000K
- 16-bit Enterprise and Professional Editions: 1250K
- 32-bit Standard Edition: 1500K
For example, when Visual Basic is installed on a computer using a
compressed C drive with drive H as the host, H will be used to create the
temporary directory because as host it is the boot drive. If the amount of
space available on drive H is under 900K, setup will use another drive. If
the amount of space available on drive H is over (about) 1800K, setup will
use the H drive, and no problem will occur. If the amount of space
available on the H drive is between 900K and (about) 1800K, setup will use
the H drive, but it will fail due to insufficient space.
WORKAROUND- For a floppy install, change the value of TmpDirSize in the setup.lst/
setup16.lst file.
- Copy files to the host drive (typically H:) so that it has less than
900K of free space remaining.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be an issue in Microsoft Visual Basic
programming system version 4.0 for Windows. This problem has been corrected
in the Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0a for windows synchronization
release.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/9/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbBug kbfix kbsetup kbvbp400afix KB145618 |
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