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Q140747: Error Installing Spanish Keyboard Layouts

Article: Q140747
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg win95kbfixlist
Last Modified: 29-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are using the U.S. version of Windows 95, you may receive the following
error message if you try to add one of the Spanish keyboard layouts using the
Keyboard tool in Control Panel:

  Windows could not copy the Spanish (Modern Sort) files. Make sure a disk is
  in your drive, the file is on the disk, and that the drive door is closed.

CAUSE
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This problem is caused by an error in the Multilng.inf file included with the
U.S. version of Windows 95. The error is known to affect the following keyboard
layouts:

- Basque

- Catalan

- Spanish (Mexican)

- Spanish (Modern Sort)

- Spanish (Traditional Sort)


STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. This
problem no longer occurs in newer versions of Windows. To resolve this problem,
install the current version of Windows. For information about the current
version of Windows, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/windows

Additional query words: w95qfe locale regional hang

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg win95 kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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