IEAK/Profile Manager: Unable to Specify Category and Channel of the Same Name (250761)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5.0

This article was previously published under Q250761

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the Internet Explorer Administration Kit to add a Channel and a Channel Category of the same name, you receive the following error message:
Microsoft Internet Explorer Customization Wizard

You cannot have two channels with the same name. Please specify another name for your channel.
When this occurs, the only option given is to click OK.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) does not permit creation of a channel definition file with the same name as a channel category file, when both are specified during the same instance of the IEAK.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, specify a channel or channel category file that do not have the same names when you create the Internet Explorer package.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:3/17/2000
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB250761