Microsoft KB Archive/196614

Money 98 Err Msg: Qread.dll Was Unable to Register Itself…

PSS ID Number: Q196614 Article last modified on 12-03-1998

WINDOWS:

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Money 98 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

At the conclusion of the Microsoft Money 98 installation process, you may receive the following error message:

Qread.dll was unable to register itself in the system registry.

If you then attempt to remove Money 98 using the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel, you receive the following error message

Setup is unable to open the data file .stf; run Setup again from where you originally ran it.

where is the path to the destination folder into which you installed Money 98.

= CAUSE =

This behavior can occur if you typed an apostrophe (’) in the path to the destination folder into which you installed Money 98.

An example of a destination folder that would generate the error messages specified earlier in this article is:

C:FilesMoney ’98

= RESOLUTION =

To resolve this issue, reinstall Money 98.

When the Money installation program prompts you to select a destination folder into which Money 98 should be installed, click OK to install Money 98 to the default destination folder.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Money 98.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When you reinstall Money 98, you create a second Microsoft Money folder on your hard disk. To avoid confusion (as well as increase the amount of free space on your hard disk), delete the folder created by the initial installation of Money 98 and all of its contents.

You can easily distinguish this folder by the presence of an apostrophe in the folder name.

For information about how to delete folders, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type “deleting, files” (without quotation marks), and then click Display.

NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Windows 98, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type “deleting files, folders” (without quotation marks), and then click Display.

= Additional query words: w_money 6.0 woody setup =

Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg kbsetup kbimu Version : WINDOWS: Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.