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Q154452: ADT2: ADT Application’s Setup Cannot Find MSSetup.dll

Article: Q154452
Product(s): Microsoft Access Distribution Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg
Last Modified: 05-JUL-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit, version 2.0 
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

SYMPTOMS
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After you run the Microsoft Access Setup Wizard and copy the contents of your
disk image folders to diskettes using a computer running Windows 95, you may
receive the following error message when you run Setup.exe from Disk 1:

  Setup cannot access required initialization file: 'A:\MSSETUP.DLL'.

CAUSE
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By default, Windows 95 hides .dll files in Explorer; therefore, MSSetup.dll did
not get copied to the diskette.

RESOLUTION
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In Windows 95 Explorer, click Options on the View menu, and click the "Show all
files" option on the View tab. Then, copy the Disk 1 folder's contents to the
diskette again.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Run the Microsoft Access Setup Wizard in Windows 95 to create 1.2 megabyte
  (MB) or 1.44 MB disk images for a run-time application.

2. In the Windows 95 Explorer, click Options on the View menu, and click the
  "Hide files of these types:" option on the View tab. (This is the default
  selection when you install Windows 95.)

3. Copy the files in your Disk 1 image folder to a diskette.

4. Run Setup.exe from the diskette.

For information about additional issues with creating disk images for Microsoft
Access 2.0 run-time applications while running in Windows 95, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q130399 ADT2: ADT Apps Created in Windows 95 Cause Error in Windows 3.1

REFERENCES
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Microsoft Access "Advanced Topics," version 2.0, pages 19-37

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbAccessSearch kbAccessDevTK200 kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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