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Q189470: PRB: Read-only Msvbvm50.dll Causes Errors During VB5 App Install

Article: Q189470
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbVBp kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 11-JAN-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 
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SYMPTOMS
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When trying to setup a Visual Basic 5.0 application onto a server that has the
Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack installed, the application setup may fail with
following error:

  Failure to register dll. 0x8000ffff

CAUSE
=====

The Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack set the Read-only attribute of the MSVBVM50.dll
file to True.

RESOLUTION
==========

To solve this problem, remove the Read-only attribute from MSVBVM50.dll on the
server.

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
================

Some users have been unable to install their Visual Basic 5.0 applications
because there was already a copy of Msvbvm50.dll on the system, and its file
attributes were set to Read-only. This problem is caused during Windows NT 4.0
Option Pack Installation.

The following information from the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack RELEASE
NOTES UPDATE Web page describes the problem:

  VISUAL BASIC 5.0 RUN-TIME DLL CARRIES READ ONLY ATTRIBUTE Under some
  conditions during Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack installation, the Microsoft
  Visual Basic development system 5.0 run-time dynamic-link library (DLL)
  (MSVBVM50.dll) is marked with the Read-only file attribute. This causes
  errors when running any setup program created by the Visual Basic Setup
  Wizard, or in some cases causes an error with Visual Basic-created components
  that are downloaded into a browser.

This information may be found at the following Web site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/contents/products/nt4optpk/ntrelnotesupdate.asp

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbVBp kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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