Microsoft KB Archive/196054

= Error Message: %TARGET% Not Found =

Article ID: 196054

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for UNIX
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q196054



SYMPTOMS
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This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice.

No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this Beta product. For information about obtaining support for a Beta release, please see the documentation included with the Beta product files, or check the Web location from which you downloaded the release.

BETA INFORMATION BETA INFORMATION  BETA INFORMATION  BETA When you start Internet Explorer or Outlook Express, you may receive the following error message:

%TARGET% was not found



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you install Internet Explorer while you have the NOCLOBBER environment variable set.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, unset the NOCLOBBER environment variable.

To determine if you have the NOCLOBBER environment variable set, use the following commands:

set | more

env | more

If NOCLOBBER or noclobber appear in either list, please consult the manual page (using the man command) for the shell that you are using or your System Administrator for information about unsetting environment variables.



MORE INFORMATION
You may also receive an error message during the installation of Internet Explorer that files were not replaced due to the NOCLOBBER environment variable being set. If this behavior occurs, please follow the directions in the RESOLUTION section above to unset the variable and then reinstall Internet Explorer.

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