Error Message: Your License Agreement Can't Be Shown... (191467)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Graphics Studio Home Publishing 99
  • Microsoft Graphics Studio Greetings 99
This article was previously published under Q191467

SYMPTOMS

If you try to view the license agreement from within Home Publishing or Greetings, you may receive the following error message:
Your license agreement can't be shown. A component is missing. To locate the missing piece, close all open programs, restart your computer, and then run Microsoft Greetings Setup again.
Running Setup again does not resolve this issue.

CAUSE

The following file must be in the folder where Home Publishing or Greetings is installed:

License.txt

The following file must be in the Setup folder within the folder where Home Publishing or Greetings is installed:

Mhpstp.dll

If these files are not in the correct folders on the hard disk, the error message listed above is displayed.

The Setup program does not reinstall these files to the correct folders automatically.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this error message, and view the license agreement, follow these steps:

  1. Insert the Home Publishing CD-ROM "Disk 1" or the Greetings CD-ROM.
  2. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
  3. In the Named box, type license.txt.
  4. In the Look In box, click your CD-ROM drive, and then click Find Now.
  5. In the list of found files, click the License.txt file.
  6. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
  7. Open the folder where Home Publishing or Greetings is installed. The default locations for these folders are:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Home Publishing

    - and -

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Greetings

  8. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
  9. Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
  10. In the Named box, type Mhpstp.dll.
  11. In the Look In box, click the CD-ROM drive, and then click Find Now.
  12. In the list of found files, click Mhpstp.dll.
13 On the Edit menu, click Copy.

14 Open the Setup folder in the Home Publishing or Greetings folder, and

then click Paste.

WORKAROUND

You can also read the license agreement by double-clicking the License.txt file you found after following steps 1-5 in the "Resolution" section earlier in this article. When you double-click the License.txt file, it opens in your default text editing program.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2003
Keywords:kbenv kbprb kbsetup KB191467
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