Microsoft KB Archive/259832

= OFF2000: Error Message: &quot;A Required File Is Either Damaged or Missing&quot; When You Run the Save My Settings Wizard =

PSS ID Number: 259832

Article Last Modified on 7/3/2001

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office 2000 (Setup)

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This article was previously published under Q259832



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Save My Settings Wizard, you may receive the following error message:

A required file is either damaged or missing. Please reinstall the Save My Settings Wizard.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if you modify the Proflwiz.ini file that is installed by the Save My Settings Wizard.

Even though the Proflwiz.ini file contains instructions about how to make modifications, the Save My Settings Wizard does not allow changes to this file.



RESOLUTION
If you modified the Proflwiz.ini file that is installed by the Save My Settings Wizard, follow these steps:
 * 1) Uninstall the Save My Settings Wizard by using the Add/Remove Programs feature. (Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.)
 * 2) Reinstall the Save My Settings Wizard.

If you do not have the Save My Settings Wizard download from the Tools on the Web Web site, please click the following link to download it:

Savemyi.exe



MORE INFORMATION
The Proflwiz.ini file contains several sections that provide instructions about how to add or remove entries from the section. Although these instructions are contained in the file, they cannot be used to make modifications. For example, the following text is excerpted from the [IncludeFolderTrees] section of the Proflwiz.ini file:

[IncludeFolderTrees] Please ignore any directions to modify the Proflwiz.ini file.
 * 1) List folder trees to be included.
 * 2) Syntax is one folder per line; no trailing backslash.
 * 3) Includes all subfolders in specified tree.
 * 4) Wildcards are not supported.
 * 5) Entries must begin with one of the following Folder tokens:
 * 6)   , , , , ,
 * 7)   , , , ,
 * 8)   , <StartupMenu>, <UserProfile>
 * 9) Subfolder tokens of format <SubFolder_$$$$> can be embedded in lines
 * 10)   and are replaced at SAVE time by the registry data found in the $$$$
 * 11)   value of HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General.

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Keywords: KB259832

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