Article ID: 255005
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q255005
SYMPTOMS
After you install Visio 2000, you cannot find a startup folder.
CAUSE
When Visio 2000 starts, it runs any executables (such as add-ons and macros) that are in its startup folder. The startup folder is mainly for developers who are working on a particular project or Visio add-on.
For Visio 2000 to open these files correctly, Visio 2000 needs an accurate path statement to the startup folder.
To see the current startup folder path statement:
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the File Paths tab.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1).
To obtain SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
263721 Visio: How to Obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1)
When you install Visio 2000, a path statement to a startup folder is created; however, the actual startup folder was not created prior to SR-1. If you have executables (such as add-ons and macros) that you want to run automatically whenever you start Visio, and you don't want to install SR-1, you need to create a startup folder.
To create a startup folder:
- Start Windows Explorer.
- Browse to where Visio 2000 is installed.
By default, Visio 2000 is installed in C:\Program Files\Visio.
- On the File menu, point to New, click Folder, and then name the folder Startup.
- Quit Windows Explorer.
- Start Visio 2000, and then on the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the File Paths tab.
- Ensure that the path statement is correct.
NOTE: Visio 2000 assumes that the startup folder is in the Visio folder. If you created a startup folder in the Visio folder as described in this article, you do not need a complete path statement; you only need the name of the folder. However, if you created a startup folder in a different location, you do need to enter the complete path statement.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visio 2000 SR-1.
Additional query words: prb SR1
Keywords: KB255005
