Microsoft KB Archive/255005

= Visio2000: You Cannot Find the Visio 2000 Startup Folder =

Article ID: 255005

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q255005



SYMPTOMS
After you install Visio 2000, you cannot find a startup folder.



CAUSE
When Visio 2000 starts, it runs any executables (such as add-ons and macros) that are in its startup folder. The startup folder is mainly for developers who are working on a particular project or Visio add-on.

For Visio 2000 to open these files correctly, Visio 2000 needs an accurate path statement to the startup folder.

To see the current startup folder path statement:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) Click the File Paths tab.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To obtain SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

263721 Visio: How to Obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1)

When you install Visio 2000, a path statement to a startup folder is created; however, the actual startup folder was not created prior to SR-1. If you have executables (such as add-ons and macros) that you want to run automatically whenever you start Visio, and you don't want to install SR-1, you need to create a startup folder.

To create a startup folder:


 * 1) Start Windows Explorer.
 * 2) Browse to where Visio 2000 is installed.

By default, Visio 2000 is installed in C:\Program Files\Visio.
 * 1) On the File menu, point to New, click Folder, and then name the folder Startup.
 * 2) Quit Windows Explorer.
 * 3) Start Visio 2000, and then on the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 4) Click the File Paths tab.
 * 5) Ensure that the path statement is correct.

NOTE: Visio 2000 assumes that the startup folder is in the Visio folder. If you created a startup folder in the Visio folder as described in this article, you do not need a complete path statement; you only need the name of the folder. However, if you created a startup folder in a different location, you do need to enter the complete path statement.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visio 2000 SR-1.

Additional query words: prb SR1

Keywords: KB255005

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