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PUB97: Setup Incorrectly Finds Older Copy of Publisher 97

Article ID: 166327

Article Last Modified on 11/7/2002

Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q166327

SYMPTOMS

When you install Publisher 97 on a computer that already has an earlier version of Publisher on it, you receive the following message:

There is an older version of Microsoft Publisher 97 in the following folder...

You receive this message no matter what version of Publisher you already have installed.

CAUSE

Publisher 97 uses a standardized setup program in which the name of the product is defined as Microsoft Publisher 97. The setup program then inserts the name of the product into several different messages that appear during different phases of the installation process.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: pub4 pub97 w_mspub acme microsoft setup toolkit hard coded

Keywords: kberrmsg kbsetup kbprb KB166327