DOCUMENT:Q191096  07-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :PRB: Multiple "System Files Are Out of Date" Errors
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbAppSetup kberrmsg

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for
   Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When installing a Microsoft Visual Basic application on a computer running
Microsoft Windows 95/98, you receive the following message:

   Setup cannot continue because some system files are out of date on your
   system. Click OK if you would like setup to update these files for you
   now. You will need to restart Windows before you can run setup again.
   Click cancel to exit setup without updating system files.

After Windows restarts and you begin the installation again, the error
message appears again.

NOTE: This occurs with either the Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Application
Setup Wizard (ASW) or the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Package and Deployment
Wizard (PDW).

CAUSE
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Both installation programs (ASW and PDW) use the Wininit.ini file to
replace in-use system files. For additional information, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q140570
   TITLE     : HOWTO: Moving Files That Are Currently in Use

If the Windows temporary folder is located on a drive other than the one
that contains Windows, Wininit.ini is unable to copy and rename the files
correctly. Once the computer reboots and the installation program is
started again, the user is prompted with the message again because the
files were not updated correctly for the application.

RESOLUTION
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Using an MS-DOS prompt, set the TEMP and TMP environment variables to a
folder that resides on the same drive where Windows is installed. For
example, the following commands set the TEMP and TMP environment variables
to a folder named Temp that resides on drive C:

   Set TMP=C:\TEMP
   Set TEMP=C:\TEMP

NOTE: The folder must exist prior to execution of these commands.

Once the two environment variables have been set, the application should
now install and continue past the message on reboot.

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 article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q189743
   TITLE     : INFO: Description of Setup.lst Sections

Visual Basic 5.0 Programmer's Guide, Chapter 17 "Distributing Your
Applications"

Online Help for Microsoft Visual Basic, version 6.0

Additional query words: directory machine
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Keywords          : kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbAppSetup kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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