Microsoft KB Archive/123495

= BUG: MSVC20 Setup Fails to Install Books Online Only =

Article ID: 123495

Article Last Modified on 7/25/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q123495



SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Visual C++ version 2.0 setup program fails to install Books Online if you use the setup program to try to install only Books Online. The setup program displays the following message box:

No options were selected. Please select the portions of Visual C++ 2.0 you wish to install, or choose Exit to quit Setup.



CAUSE
The setup program automatically clears the check mark from the Books Online option when it is the only option selected during the setup.



RESOLUTION
There are two ways to work around this problem:

 During the installation, in addition to installing Books Online, choose to install one of the help files as well. Then delete the quick reference help file after installation. To do this, select "Custom Installation," and clear the check marks from everything except "Help Files." Then choose "Help File Options" and clear the check mark from all help files except one. Then choose one of the "Books Online Options." -or-

  Copy the following files from your Visual C++ CD-ROM. These files are located on your CD-ROM under directory MSVC20\HELP:   vc20bks.hdx        vc20bks.ind         vc20bks1.hlp vc20bks2.hlp      vc20bks3.hlp        vc20bks4.hlp vc20bks5.hlp      vc20bks6.hlp        vc20bks7.hlp 

After finishing either of these workarounds, modify your system's registry by using REGEDT32.EXE. To modify the keys used for Books Online under Windows NT, modify the following string to point to the drive where you have installed Books Online:   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Visual C++ 2.0\ Help\ RemoteHelp1



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 2.00 network buglist2.00

Keywords: kbbug kbsetup KB123495

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