Microsoft KB Archive/67134

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&quot;Basic 7.10 Quick INSTALL.EXE&quot; Works Around SETUP.EXE Problems
Last reviewed: December 2, 1996

Article ID: Q67134

SUMMARY
Certain hardware configurations may not work properly with the SETUP.EXE program shipped with Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.10. Most problems can be avoided by starting Setup by typing &quot;setup /batch&quot; (without the quotation marks), which performs only two functions: 1) uses SETUP.EXE to unpack the necessary files from the distribution disks, and 2) builds a BUILD.BAT (under MS-DOS) or BUILD.CMD (under MS OS/2) batch file to let you run the time-consuming library-building process after SETUP.EXE has run.

If the 7.10 SETUP.EXE program does not run properly (for example, hangs the system or causes a video problem), use the INSTALL.EXE program provided by Microsoft instead. INSTALL.EXE will create a batch file that will unpack and build the libraries for you. You can obtain INSTALL.EXE by downloading BB0364.EXE:

You can find BB0364.EXE, a self-extracting file, on these services:

  Microsoft's World Wide Web site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon Click Knowledge Base, and select the product Enter kbfile BB0364.EXE, and click GO! Open the article, and click the button to download the file   Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder Get BB0364.EXE 

- Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL Download BB0364.EXE For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE    : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services Run BB0364.EXE in an empty directory to get the following 20 files:

INSTALL.EXE, README.NOW, SETUP1.BAT, SETUP1.CMD, ISAMLIB.LST, and T1. through T15. This information applies to Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.10 for MS-DOS real mode and OS/2 protected mode. This installation process works on any Basic PDS 7.10 disk format (3.5 inch or 5.25 inch).

MORE INFORMATION
Before running the INSTALL.EXE program, log on to the floppy drive that INSTALL.EXE will be run from. For example, instead of running INSTALL.EXE by typing &quot;a:\install&quot;, first make drive A your current drive and then type &quot;install&quot;. The INSTALL.EXE program will prompt you for responses.

The flexibility of this Install process is a bit more limited than the 7.10 SETUP.EXE program, but INSTALL.EXE still gives you the options to select real or protected mode, ISAM types, add-on libraries and toolboxes, etc.

INSTALL.EXE lets you choose the installation options and then creates a SETUP.BAT batch file for MS-DOS (real mode), or a SETUP.CMD command file for MS OS/2 (protected mode). You can rehearse and run through the INSTALL.EXE program as many times as you want before creating the batch file. You can then run the generated SETUP.BAT or SETUP.CMD file to perform the complete Basic 7.10 installation. (Running SETUP.BAT or SETUP.CMD automatically uses the enclosed SETUP1.BAT or SETUP1.CMD.)

NOTE: If you contact Microsoft Technical Support (MTS) in the future, please inform the technician that you have installed using the Quick INSTALL.EXE program obtained from the Microsoft Software Library.