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  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
          BV0698: SETUP AND INSTALLATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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                                                  Revision Date: 11/92
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The following information applies to Microsoft Visual Basic(TM) for
Windows(TM) versions 1.0 and 2.0.

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1. Q. What should I do if I receive the "Path file access" error
      message when I am running Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
      Setup?

   A. After you enter your name or company name, Setup attempts to
      write this information back to the Setup disk for identification
      purposes. If your Setup disk is write protected, the "Path file
      access" error message is displayed when Setup attempts to write
      to the disk. Back up all write-protected disks to non-write-
      protected disks, then run Setup again using the non-write-
      protected disks.

2. Q. When I run Setup, I receive the "Insufficient disk space"
      error message even though I have verified that I have enough hard
      disk space. What should I do?

   A. It is possible to receive the "Insufficient disk space" error
      message during Setup when sufficient disk space exists to allow
      installation. This problem occurs most frequently when you are
      installing version 2.0 of Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows over
      an existing installation of Visual Basic version 1.0 or 2.0.
   
      When you receive the "Insufficient disk space" error message, you
      can choose to stop the installation process, delete the existing
      copy of Visual Basic, and then attempt to run Setup again. If you
      are certain the computer has enough hard disk space, you can
      choose the Install Anyway button to continue the installation
      process. If you continue the installation and there is not enough
      hard disk space, the installation fails and presents a dialog box
      with Abort, Retry, and Ignore buttons.

      The "Insufficient disk space" error message may also be displayed
      if the drive name of your WINDOWS directory is missing from the
      PATH environment variable or if the size of your temporary
      Windows swap file increases during Setup.
   
      Check the format of the PATH environment variable. Make sure that
      the drive name for your WINDOWS directory is included in the path
      to the WINDOWS directory. If you are using Microsoft Windows
      without a permanent swap file, the temporary swap file may be
      increasing in size and using up your available hard disk space
      during Visual Basic Setup. To correct this problem, you can
      either make additional disk space available or create a permanent
      Windows swap file. (The size of permanent swap files does not
      change.) For more information about swap files, please refer to
      the chapter titled "Optimizing Windows" in the  Microsoft Windows
      "User's Guide."

3. Q. When I run Setup, I receive the error message "Setup was
      unable to create a program item for VB.EXE." How can I correct
      this problem?

   A. This error occurs when Setup performs dynamic data exchange (DDE)
      with Windows Program Manager if a shell program other than
      PROGMAN.EXE is specified in your SYSTEM.INI file. You do not need
      to change your shell program to run Setup. To avoid this error,
      start PROGMAN.EXE from your custom shell before you run the
      Visual Basic Setup program.

4. Q. The Setup program was interrupted by the error message "Disk
      not ready." What should I do?

   A. The disks must remain in the floppy disk drive until the Setup
      program has completely installed Microsoft Visual Basic for
      Windows. If an interruption occurs, delete from your hard disk
      any files that were installed up to the point of the
      interruption, then run Setup again.