Microsoft KB Archive/137656

Publisher 2.0 Fails to Run After Windows 95 Upgrade

= Publisher 2.0 Fails to Run After Windows 95 Upgrade =

Q137656
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a

SYMPTOMS

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If you upgrade to Windows 95 after installing Publisher 2.0, Publisher may fail to run. That is, if you double-click Mspub.exe in My Computer or Windows Explorer, or if you try to start Publisher from the Start menu, the program will not be started.

RESOLUTION

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To run Publisher, you must uninstall and then reinstall Windows 95.

NOTE: For this procedure to work, you have need to have chosen to save the uninstall information for Windows 95 during Windows 95 Setup.

1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click Windows 95, and then click Remove.

You can also remove Windows 95 by starting your computer with the Windows 95 Startup disk and then typing "uninstal" (without the quotation marks) at the command prompt.

After you return to Windows 3.1x, run Windows 95 setup again.

STATUS

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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 2.00 2.00a mspub w_mspub disappear hang freeze