Microsoft KB Archive/149168

FILE: Object Programming With Visual Basic 4 Alternative Setup

PSS ID Number: Q149168 Article last modified on 12-18-1998

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This article contains alternative instructions for installing the CD-ROM for the Microsoft Press book titled “Object Programming with Visual Basic 4.” This alternative installation might be necessary if your CD-ROM drive does not support long filenames.

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If you get multiple “file not found” errors while running the Setup program from the CD-ROM, your current CD-ROM driver does not support long filenames. Listed below are two solutions to this problem:

  Obtain an updated Microsoft Windows 95 driver for your CD-ROM drive that supports long filenames. -or-   Use the following steps to run the Setup program. 

Alternative steps to install the CD-ROM

 * 1) Create a temporary directory on your hard drive. For example: C:.
 * 2) Copy the entire contents of the directory on the compact disc to the C:directory.
 * 3) Copy the new SETUP.LST file included in OPVB_SET.EXE to the C:directory. See instructions below for information on how to obtain OPVB_SET.EXE.
 * 4) Run the Setup program from the C:directory.
 * 5) Empty and delete the C:directory.

Instructions on how to obtain OPVB_SET.EXE
~ OPVB_SET.EXE

is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library.

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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