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Q83261: Beethoven Err Msg: Cannot Clear or Save Game Setting

Article: Q83261
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1.0,1.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 05-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Multimedia Beethoven, versions 1.0, 1.0a 
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SUMMARY
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If Microsoft Multimedia Beethoven generates the error message

  Multimedia Beethoven cannot clear or save game settings. Please rerun setup
  from the CD to correct the problem.

the WIN.INI is marked as read only or the Beethoven product is having problems
writing to the WIN.INI file.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft Multimedia Beethoven reads and writes settings to the WIN.INI file. If
there is a problem reading or writing to this file, the above error message is
received. If the file has a read-only attribute, use the MS-DOS Attrib command
to make the file read/write:

  "attrib -r c:\windows\win.ini" (without the quotation marks)

Additional query words: Tbook Usage

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbMMBeethoven100 kbMMBeethoven100a
Version           : :1.0,1.0a

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