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Q170372: BUG: Setup Wizard Closes With Error: Invalid Property Value…

Article: Q170372
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 16-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When starting the Microsoft Visual Basic Application Setup Wizard, a dialog box
appears with the following error message:

  Invalid property value, an unexpected error has occurred.

If you click OK, the Setup Wizard terminates.

CAUSE
=====

When the Setup Wizard begins, a system configuration file is read. If the
devices listed in the configuration file cannot be located, the error occurs and
the Setup Wizard terminates.

RESOLUTION
==========

Use one of the following methods to resolve this error:

- Reinstall the unlocated device(s).

- Comment the appropriate line in the configuration file.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
================

When Microsoft Visual Basic is installed, a system configuration file is
created. This configuration file includes information about devices installed on
the computer at the time of installation.

In Microsoft Visual Basic Version 4.0 there may be three configuration files. The
original configuration files are:

- 16 bit: <VB directory>\SETUPKIT\KITFIL16\SW16TMPL.INI

- 32 bit: <VB directory>\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\SW32TMPL.INI

If the Setup Wizard has been used once successfully, an additional configuration
file is created for all future uses:

  <Windows directory>\SWDEPEND.INI

In Microsoft Visual Basic Version 5.0, the configuration file is:

  <VB directory>\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\VB5DEP.INI

The following is a sample of a VB5DEP.INI (other files similar):

     [SetupWiz]
     Uses1=D:\DStudio\VB5\setupkit\kitfil32\VB5StKit.dll
     Drive1=1.44 MB,1457664,512
     Drive2=2.88 MB,2915328,1024
     Drive3=1.2 MB,1213952,512
     Drive4=720 KB,730112,1024
     Drive5=360 KB,362496,1024
     BootStrap=D:\DStudio\VB5\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\SETUP.EXE
     VBExe=D:\DStudio\VB5\VB5.EXE
     RemoveInstallEXE=D:\DStudio\VB5\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\ST5UNST.EXE

The Application Setup Wizard reads this configuration file during initialization.
If devices described in the log file are not found on the system, the error
occurs and the Setup Wizard terminates.

In the sample above, Drive1 is a 1.44MB floppy drive. If this device was removed
from the system (and not replaced with a similar device), the Setup Wizard would
be unable to find the device and the error would occur. This situation typically
occurs with computers that have removable disk drives.

Use one of the following methods to correct this error:

- Reinstall the missing device.

- Comment the line in the configuration file by adding a semicolon (;) at the
  beginning of the line.

Additional query words: TlsSetWiz VB4ALL VB4WIN vb5all VBKBToolkit kbvbp400bug kbVBp500bug kberrmsg

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500 kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbZNotKeyword3 kbVB16bitSearch
Version           : :4.0,5.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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