InstallShield Visual Basic Wizard Does Not Create Setup Project (227947)

SYMPTOMS

When logged in as a Power User or User, you may not be able to create a setup project using the InstallShield Visual Basic (VB) Project Wizard if InstallShield was set up on the computer under a different account. The following error message may appear while using the wizard:

Visual Basic Project Wizard:

The key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\InstallShield\InstallShield Professional\5.1\VBWiz cannot be found in the Registry. InstallShield may not be properly installed. The Wizard will abort.

NOTE: The key name in the error message may vary slightly because this problem occurs with both version 5.1 and version 5.5 of InstallShield.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with InstallShield 5.1 and 5.5 on Microsoft Windows 2000.

InstallShield Software Corporation has documented this problem and has posted a new version of Vbwiz.dll for download. To obtain it, go to the following Web site and search on article number Q102668:

http://support.installshield.com/kb/

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Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Log on to a Windows 2000 computer as the Administrator.
Set up InstallShield on the computer and accept the default settings.
Log off the computer.
Log back on to the computer as a Power User.
Run InstallShield and launch the wizard by double-clicking the VB Project Wizard icon.
From the wizard's welcome dialog, browse to a Visual Basic project (.vbp file), select the file name, and click Open.
Click Next in the VB Wizard dialog. The error noted above will be raised.