You May Receive a Dr Watson Error Message When You Select the "Security" Tab in Internet Explorer (294707)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 2000 SP 1
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit 5.5
This article was previously published under Q294707

SYMPTOMS

After you install Internet Explorer by means of Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) version 5.5, and then you click the Security tab in Internet Explorer, you may receive an error message from the Dr. Watson tool.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the file permission for the Program Files folder has been assigned as Read.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, change the NTFS file system permissions back to the default setting so that Everyone has Full Control. You can also set the permission to Change.

Also, you can change the Seczones.inf file to the correct setting. The "CustomDestination" instruction line attempts to create a temporary file in Program Files during its verification routine. You can disable this check by changing:

[CustInstDestSection]
49000,49001,49002,49003=ProgramFilesDir,5
49100,49101,49102,49103=IEDir,5

to:

[CustInstDestSection]
49000,49001,49002,49003=ProgramFilesDir,85
49100,49101,49102,49103=IEDir,85

WORKAROUND

To workaround this behavior:
  1. Go to the folder that you saved your IEAK package to on the system the package was built on.
  2. Locate, and then extract, the whole Branding.cab file.
  3. Edit the seczones.inf file as follows:
    1. Locate the section titled "CustomDestination", and then change the values as follows:Change:

      [CustInstDestSection]
      49000,49001,49002,49003=ProgramFilesDir,5
      49100,49101,49102,49103=IEDir,5

      to:

      [CustInstDestSection]
      49000,49001,49002,49003=ProgramFilesDir,85
      49100,49101,49102,49103=IEDir,85

    2. Save the seczones.inf file.
  4. Run IExpress.exe from the Run line.
  5. Click to select the option to create a new SED, and then click Next.
  6. Click to select the option to create compressed files only, and then click Next.
  7. Click Add, and then locate the extracted branding.cab folder that you extracted and edited the file in.
  8. Click to select all the files in the branding.cab folder, and then click Next.
  9. Name the branding.cab folder Branding.cab.
  10. Replace the old branding.cab with Branding.cab.
  11. Make sure all instances of the branding.cab file in the IEAK package you created are copied over with this new .cab file you created. Depending on how many types of installation methods selected when you created the package, there might be multiple locations where the file is saved.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/18/2006
Keywords:kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB294707
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