Microsoft KB Archive/160698

= PUB: Setup Can't Write Mspub.inf to Shared Windows =

Article ID: 160698

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160698



SYMPTOMS
When running a workstation setup of Microsoft Publisher 97, with Windows 95 being run from a network share, you may get the error:

Setup cannot write MSPUB.INF to \windows\system

Replace " " with the appropriate drive or UNC mapping for your network server.

If you ignore this error message, you then receive the following:

Setup cannot write MSGENBW.PPD to \windows\system

If you ignore this error message, the following error reappears:

Setup cannot write MSGENCOL.INF to \windows\system

If you ignore the error messages, Publisher setup finishes normally. Publisher runs without errors, but you cannot use Publisher's two outside printer drivers, MS Publisher Imagesetter and MS Publisher Color Printer.



CAUSE
Publisher 97's setup program needs to write the files named in the error messages to the Windows\System folder during installation. Under a shared installation of Windows 95, the Windows\System folder is typically set as Read-only for general users. This prevents Publisher's setup program from writing the Mspub.inf, Msgenbw.ppd, and Msgencol.inf files to this folder.



RESOLUTION
The three files, Mspub.inf, Msgenbw.ppd, and Msgencol.inf, can be copied manually to the \Windows\System folder. The files are in the root folder of the Publisher 97 CD-ROM.

Alternatively, the system administrator can log on with full privileges and perform a workstation installation of Publisher 97 to the administrator's own account. This writes the three files to the shared Windows\System folder.

Once these files are installed, workstation installations will go smoothly with no error messages regarding the three files.

Additional query words: 97 4.00 MSPUB INF MSGENBW PPD MSGENCOL INF

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprint kbsetup kbprb KB160698

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