Microsoft KB Archive/170372

= BUG: Setup Wizard Closes With Error: Invalid Property Value... =

Article ID: 170372

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 32-Bit Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q170372



SYMPTOMS
When starting the Microsoft Visual Basic Application Setup Wizard, a dialog box appears with the following error message:

Invalid property value, an unexpected error has occurred.

If you click OK, the Setup Wizard terminates.



CAUSE
When the Setup Wizard begins, a system configuration file is read. If the devices listed in the configuration file cannot be located, the error occurs and the Setup Wizard terminates.



RESOLUTION
Use one of the following methods to resolve this error:


 * Reinstall the unlocated device(s).
 * Comment the appropriate line in the configuration file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
When Microsoft Visual Basic is installed, a system configuration file is created. This configuration file includes information about devices installed on the computer at the time of installation.

In Microsoft Visual Basic Version 4.0 there may be three configuration files. The original configuration files are:


 * 16 bit: \SETUPKIT\KITFIL16\SW16TMPL.INI
 * 32 bit: \SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\SW32TMPL.INI

If the Setup Wizard has been used once successfully, an additional configuration file is created for all future uses:

\SWDEPEND.INI

In Microsoft Visual Basic Version 5.0, the configuration file is:

\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\VB5DEP.INI

The following is a sample of a VB5DEP.INI (other files similar):

[SetupWiz] Uses1=D:\DStudio\VB5\setupkit\kitfil32\VB5StKit.dll Drive1=1.44 MB,1457664,512 Drive2=2.88 MB,2915328,1024 Drive3=1.2 MB,1213952,512 Drive4=720 KB,730112,1024 Drive5=360 KB,362496,1024 BootStrap=D:\DStudio\VB5\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\SETUP.EXE VBExe=D:\DStudio\VB5\VB5.EXE RemoveInstallEXE=D:\DStudio\VB5\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\ST5UNST.EXE

The Application Setup Wizard reads this configuration file during initialization. If devices described in the log file are not found on the system, the error occurs and the Setup Wizard terminates.

In the sample above, Drive1 is a 1.44MB floppy drive. If this device was removed from the system (and not replaced with a similar device), the Setup Wizard would be unable to find the device and the error would occur. This situation typically occurs with computers that have removable disk drives.

Use one of the following methods to correct this error:


 * Reinstall the missing device.
 * Comment the line in the configuration file by adding a semicolon at the beginning of the line.

Additional query words: TlsSetWiz VB4ALL VB4WIN vb5all VBKBToolkit kbvbp400bug kbVBp500bug kberrmsg

Keywords: kbbug KB170372

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