Q176556: ODE97: MSRDO20.DLL Can’t Register Itself in the System Registry

Article: Q176556
Product(s): Microsoft Access Distribution Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbdta
Last Modified: 23-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you use the Setup wizard to create a custom setup program on a Windows 95
computer, and you add the ODBCDirect component on the screen that asks "Which of
the following components do you want to include?", you may receive the following
error message if you run your custom setup program from a Network setup to a
workstation computer:

  Msrdo20.dll was unable to register itself in the system registry.

Setup then fails to complete successfully.

CAUSE
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When you created the distribution disks, you did not select the "ODBC Support
with SQL Server" component along with the ODBCDirect component.

RESOLUTION
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Include the option for "ODBC Support with SQL server" on the Add Components
screen of the Setup wizard program if you include the ODBCDirect component.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Start the Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition Tools (ODE) Setup wizard
  program.

2. On the Introduction screen, click "Create a new set of setup options for my
  application's custom setup program".

3. Click Next to move to the "Add the files that you want your custom setup
  program to copy and then set properties for each file" screen.

4. Click Add.

5. Locate the Northwind.mdb database, and then click Add.

6. Click to select the "Set as Application's Main File" check box.

7. Click Next to move to the "Add the shortcuts that you want your custom Setup
  program to create and then set the properties for each shortcut" screen.

8. Click Add.

9. In the Description box, type a description for your shortcut.

10. On the Database Shortcut Properties tab, click to select the Run-time check
  box.

11. Click Next until you get to the "Which of the following components do you
  want to include?" screen.

12. Select ODBCDirect.

13. Click Next until you get to the "Where do you want the Setup Wizard to copy
  the files for your custom setup program" screen.

14. Click to select the "Network or CD Setup" check box, and then click Finish.

15. After the Setup wizard finishes creating the Network Setup, run your custom
  setup program on another workstation.

  Note that before the custom setup program is finished, you receive the
  message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.

REFERENCES
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For more information about other issues involving the ODE Setup wizard and
distributing ODBC components, please see the following articles in The Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q163106 ODE97: ODBC Desktop Database drivers Needed by the ODE Setup Wizard

  Q172701 ODE97: Setup Wizard requires ODESP2 for updated ODBC Drivers

Additional query words: msrdo20 dll was unable to register itself in the system registry

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbdta 
Technology        : kbOfficeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbOffice97Search kbOffice97 kbOffice97DevSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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