Microsoft KB Archive/218184

= PRB: Restart After MDAC Installation Causes Error =

Article ID: 218184

Article Last Modified on 11/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Data Access Components 1.5
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.0
 * Microsoft Data Access Components 2.1

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This article was previously published under Q218184



SYMPTOMS
After you install the Microsoft Data Access Components 1.5 through 2.1, you need to restart your computer. After you restart, you might receive the following error message:

Unable to open response file c:\temp\odbcconf.tmp



CAUSE
MDAC looks for the Odbcconf.tmp file in the directory assigned by the TEMP environment variable. If the Autoexec.bat file contains a command to delete all files in the \Temp directory, this file will be missing when the last portion of the MDAC installation is completed (during start up).



RESOLUTION
Do not delete files in the \Temp directory when you restart the computer. Comment out the "offending" line in the Autoexec.bat with the DOS's REM command. For example: REM deltree C:\temp\*.* /y Also, make sure that Autoexec.bat is not calling any other batch (.bat) file, which could delete files in \Temp directory.

You need to run the MDAC installation again because the initial installation was incomplete.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.

Keywords: kbdatabase kbsetup kbprb KB218184

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