Microsoft KB Archive/149306

= Unable to Open Oemnadd3.inf During Update of Service Packs =

Article ID: 149306

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

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This article was previously published under Q149306



SYMPTOMS
When you try to run the self-extracting executable file for Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 4 and Service Pack 5, you may encounter a warning:

PKSFX: (W18) Warning! OEMNADAP.INF already exists. Overwrite (y/n)?

If you continue, the extraction will complete but, subsequently, while running Update.exe from the source just extracted, you may receive the following error message:

Noncritical Error

An error has occurred.

Unable to open the file :\ \NTAS\OEMNADD3.INF

where and are the drive letter and directory name from which the Service Pack 4 and Service Pack 5 files were extracted.



CAUSE
The service packs were not properly extracted with the -d option. The -d option extracts subdirectories needed for the update to function correctly.



RESOLUTION
To extract the service packs, copy the self-extracting executable file to a directory on your hard disk drive and type either of the following commands:

  sp4_351i.exe -d sp5_351i.exe -d

NOTE: This example applies to the x86 (Intel) Service Packs.

After you correctly expand the service pack files, run Update.exe again to replace files that may have been missed during the first application.

Additional query words: prodnt servpack SP4 bug fix

Keywords: kberrmsg kbusage KB149306

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