Microsoft KB Archive/106496

= FIX: VB Setup Files Modified or Corrupted, Using \WINDOWS Path =

Article ID: 106496

Article Last Modified on 10/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q106496



SYMPTOMS
When you run SETUP.EXE to install Visual Basic version 3.0, you may receive the following error message:

Setup Files Have Been Modified or Corrupted.

This message is misleading and incorrect.



CAUSE
This behavior will occur if your PATH statement contains

\WINDOWS

If you modify the path to read C:\WINDOWS, SETUP.EXE works correctly. You can confirm your current PATH by running the PATH command at the MS-DOS prompt.

This problem occurs in Visual Basic version 3.0 SETUP, but does not occur in SETUP for earlier versions.



RESOLUTION
Here are several ideas to help you solve this problem. If one doesn't work, then move on to the next item in the list:

 Modify the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to be C:\WINDOWS instead of \WINDOWS. Check for viruses. Try it on a different computer. Close all your applications, and temporarily disable the Startup group in Windows. In Program Manager, click the Startup group. Then choose Properties from the File menu, and change the name to Xstartup. Then turn the computer off and on in order to clear memory. Copy the files to a \VBSETUP directory, for example:

Disk #1 --> \VBSETUP\DISK1

Disk #2 --> \VBSETUP\DISK2

Disk #3 --> \VBSETUP\DISK3

Then run setup from the DISK1 directory.

NOTE: This takes quite a bit of space on the hard drive, so it is a last resort.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Visual Basic version 4.0.

Additional query words: buglist3.00 3.00 fixlist4.00

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsetup KB106496

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