Microsoft KB Archive/179175

= PUB98: Error Installing to Network server =

Article ID: 179175

Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179175



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to perform an administrative installation (Setup /a) of Microsoft Publisher to a network server that is running a shared/network installation of Windows, you may receive the following error message:

A directory into which setup should install files is read- only. Publisher may not install correctly. If the directory is a network directory, please insure that your network administrator has installed the proper files.



CAUSE
This message occurs if the user does not have the necessary privileges to write files to the Windows network directory. As a result, Microsoft Publisher Setup will not work. Microsoft Publisher requires a number of files to be located in the Windows directory. The Publisher Setup program attempts to write these files but will fail if the user does not have the correct write privileges to the Windows directory.



RESOLUTION
To correctly install Publisher on a shared/network installation of Windows, log in as Supervisor, Administrator, or someone who possesses full privileges.

NOTE: To run Publisher on a shared/network installation of Windows, you do not need to have the ability to write to the Windows directory; however, write privileges are required to run Publisher Setup.

Additional query words: 98 pub98 mspub98 pub_98 5.00 publisher98 pub5 ms_pub98 mspub

Keywords: kbsetup kbprb KB179175

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