Article ID: 157943
Article Last Modified on 3/9/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q157943
SYMPTOMS
Running the Visual FoxPro version 5.0 Setup Wizard, you may get the following error:
Or when running Setup.exe from a Setup Wizard created distribution, you may get the following error:
The first error may occur if ODBC drivers are selected in Setup Wizard step 2. The second error can occur under any circumstances.
CAUSE
Visual FoxPro 5.0 has been installed to the same directory as Visual FoxPro 3.0.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem do the following:
- Run Visual FoxPro Setup, select Add/Remove, and under Professional Applications, Change Options, uncheck Setup Wizard to uninstall the Setup Wizard.
- Delete the Distrib and Distrib.src directories in the Visual FoxPro directory.
- Run Setup again, click Add/Remove, and under Professional Applications, Change Options, recheck Setup Wizard to reinstall the Setup Wizard.
- Re-run Setup Wizard.
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Reinstall Visual FoxPro 5.0 to a new directory.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Install Visual FoxPro 5.0 to a directory where Visual FoxPro 3.0 is installed.
- Create an executable, and run the Setup Wizard. Select an ODBC driver in step 2 of the Setup Wizard.
- Create an executable, and run the Setup Wizard. Do not select an ODBC driver in step 2.
- Install the executable from the disks or the Netsetup folder.
NOTE: You may see other errors running the Setup Wizard or running Setup.exe from a distribution if Visual FoxPro 5.0 was installed over a Beta version of Visual FoxPro 5. The steps to remedy would be the same as listed above.
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