Microsoft KB Archive/88992

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FastTips for Visual Basic for MS-DOS: Setup Q&A
Last reviewed: October 21, 1997

Article ID: Q88992

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Technical Support Application Note (Text File) DV0603: SETUP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Revision Date: 8/92 No Disk Included The following information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS version 1.0.


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1. Q. When I try to install Microsoft Visual Basic for MS-DOS, the Setup program fails for one reason or another. How can I work around this problem?

A. A batch file setup program is provided with the standard and professional editions of Visual Basic for MS-DOS. The file is     called ALTSETUP.BAT. To determine the disk that the file is on, check the PACKING.LST file provided on Disk 1.

To run ALTSETUP.BAT, copy the ALTSETUP.BAT file to your hard drive and type &quot;altsetup&quot; (without the quotation marks).

If Setup fails, comment out every line in your CONFIG.SYS file except your SHELL statement, comment out every line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file except your prompt statement, then reboot your machine and try to run Setup again. If Setup still fails, try booting from a clean MS-DOS disk without an AUTOEXEC.BAT or     CONFIG.SYS file.

If you are having difficulty installing Visual Basic for MS-DOS to a particular drive, you may need to install it elsewhere and then copy the files to the desired drive.

If all the suggested methods fail, call the Visual Basic for MS- MS-DOS Setup line at (425) 646-5105. Microsoft Technical Support may have additional information about known setup problems.