PRJ98: Comctl32.dll Error Installing Project on Windows NT
Article ID: 169725
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition, when used with:
This article was previously published under Q169725
SYMPTOMS
When you install Microsoft Project 98 on the Microsoft Windows NT
4.0 operating system, you receive the following error:
Setup could not open the file c:\WinNt\system32\comctl32.dll.
It is in use by another application.
CAUSE
You receive this error when the following are true:
- Microsoft Office 97 or one of its components has been installed
or started during the current session of Windows.
-and-
- The computer has not been rebooted.
WORKAROUND
To work around this error, restart your computer before you install
Microsoft Project 98.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the version of
Microsoft Project listed above. We are researching this problem and
will post new information here as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 98
Keywords: kbsetup KB169725