DOCUMENT:Q189472  15-JUL-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :PRB: "Unexpected Error; Quitting" Running VB5 on Windows 95/98
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Trying to run Visual Basic on Windows 95 or Windows 98 results in the
following error message:

   Unexpected Error; Quitting

This error occurs after the Visual Basic splash screen appears.

CAUSE
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Visual Basic cannot find one of the following two files needed to run:

   MSO97RT.DLL
   MRT7ENU.DLL

RESOLUTION
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The two files listed above can be located on the Visual Basic installation
CD in the \OS\System directory.

These two files need to be copied into one of the following directories in
order to resolve the issue:

   C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VBA

   -or-

   C:\Program Files\Common Files\MsApps\VBA

STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q171813
   TITLE     : FIX: IPF in MSO97RT.DLL When Starting Visual Basic

   ARTICLE-ID: Q170680
   TITLE     : XL7: MS Query Doesn't Work After Installing Visual Basic 5.0

Additional query words: kbDSupport kbdss kbVBp kbVBp500 kbNoKeyWord
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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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