PUB: Setup Can't Write Mspub.inf to Shared Windows (160698)
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This article was previously published under Q160698 SYMPTOMS
When running a workstation setup of Microsoft Publisher 97, with
Windows 95 being run from a network share, you may get the error:
Setup cannot write MSPUB.INF to <network share>\windows\system
Replace "<network share>" with the appropriate drive or UNC mapping
for your network server.
If you ignore this error message, you then receive the following:
Setup cannot write MSGENBW.PPD to <network share>\windows\system
If you ignore this error message, the following error reappears:
Setup cannot write MSGENCOL.INF to <network share>\windows\system
If you ignore the error messages, Publisher setup finishes normally.
Publisher runs without errors, but you cannot use Publisher's two
outside printer drivers, MS Publisher Imagesetter and MS Publisher
Color Printer.
CAUSE
Publisher 97's setup program needs to write the files named in the
error messages to the Windows\System folder during installation. Under
a shared installation of Windows 95, the Windows\System folder is
typically set as Read-only for general users. This prevents
Publisher's setup program from writing the Mspub.inf, Msgenbw.ppd, and
Msgencol.inf files to this folder.
RESOLUTION
The three files, Mspub.inf, Msgenbw.ppd, and Msgencol.inf, can be
copied manually to the <network share>\Windows\System folder. The
files are in the root folder of the Publisher 97 CD-ROM.
Alternatively, the system administrator can log on with full
privileges and perform a workstation installation of Publisher 97 to
the administrator's own account. This writes the three files to the
shared Windows\System folder.
Once these files are installed, workstation installations will go
smoothly with no error messages regarding the three files.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb kbprint kbsetup KB160698 |
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