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Q179384: PRB: Installing Applications from an HPFS Formatted Drive

Article: Q179384
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,97,97sp1,97sp2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbDSSTools kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 18-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When running the application Setup Wizard from a network drive that is formatted
as HPFS or Netware 4.x volume with the OS/2 NameSpace loaded with long
filenames, one of the following two errors occurs:

In Visual Basic 4.0:

  C:\WINDOWS\ST4UNST.EXE Cannot read source file

In Visual Basic 5.0:

  C:\WINDOWS\ST5UNST.EXE Cannot read source file

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, you can create the setup application onto floppy
disks, or move the setup files from the HPFS volume to either a FAT or NTFS
formatted drive.

STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following operating systems support HPFS:

  OS2
  OS2 Warp
  IBM LAN Server
  NT 3.51 Workstation/Server
  NT 4.0 Workstation/Server

REFERENCES
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For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q100108 Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems


Additional query words: hpsf

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbDSSTools kbVBp400 kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB500 kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,97,97sp1,97sp2
Issue type        : kbprb

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