Microsoft KB Archive/141659

= Money: Remove All in Setup Fails to Remove Folders =

Article ID: 141659

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Money 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 95
 * Microsoft Money 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Business & Personal Edition

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This article was previously published under Q141659



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Remove All option in the maintenance mode of Microsoft Money Setup, the Setup program fails to delete any folders created by Money.



CAUSE
The Setup program creates Mscreate.dir (a 0-byte hidden file) in each folder that Setup creates. The file Mscreate.dir indicates that the folder was created by Setup. When you run Setup in maintenance mode and remove a component or click Remove All, the Setup program should use this file to determine whether an empty folder can be removed. If an empty folder does not contain this file, when you run Setup in maintenance mode, Setup will not remove this folder.

However, the Setup program used by Money does not actually do this.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in ACME Setup, version 1.2 used with Microsoft Money.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

132978 Setup Program Creates Mscreate.dir File in Every Folder

Additional query words: w_money setup system folder dir directory 97 6.0 7.0 8.0 monkey

Keywords: kbbug kbpending kbsetup KB141659

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