Microsoft KB Archive/164414

= FIX: MSDEV Error: "The Requested Topic Does Not Exist" =

Article ID: 164414

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164414



SYMPTOMS
If you install Visual C++ 4.2 over version 4.1 and then run Developer Studio, the following error message may appear:

The requested topic does not exist. The title is in error.



CAUSE
This happens because the registry key (should be all on one line):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SoftwareMicrosoftInfoViewer\Titles\VCBKS40.MVB\LastTopic

has the last topic from Visual C++ 4.1 which is invalid in 4.2.

This problem occurs in this release because the same book name is used in both Visual C++ 4.2 and 4.1.



RESOLUTION

 * Use the help system once in Visual C++ 4.2. This overwrites the registry key. Exit and run Developer Studio again. The error does not occur. -or-


 * The error message is harmless and can be ignored.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. The problem was corrected in Visual C 6.0.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvc600fix KB164414

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