PRB: Setup Wizard Error When Installing VFP 5.0 over VFP 3.0
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:
Required file missing Drvssrvr.hl_
Or when running Setup.exe from a Setup Wizard created distribution, you may
get the following error:
This Setup is not intended for your version of Windows
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.
-or-
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.
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