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Q240927: FIX: Cannot Read Source File Error Running PDW Distribution

Article: Q240927
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbwizard kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbVBp kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS
Last Modified: 26-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When installing a Visual Basic application created with the Package and
Deployment Wizard (PDW) and the package contains one or more DLLs with long file
names, an error similar to the following occurs and the installation
terminates:

  Cannot read source file c:\windows\temp\rbt5120.tmp

CAUSE
=====

This problem is caused by mismatched components on the target system. Once an
install has been made successfully, the problem does not recur.


RESOLUTION
==========

Create a PDW package with a simple Visual Basic project that does not contain
files with long file names and install it on the machines that demonstrate this
problem. Subsequent installation of packages containing files with long file
names do not experience this problem.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for
Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the article
numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

You can download the latest Visual Studio service pack from the following
Microsoft Web site:

  Visual Studio Product Updates
  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp)

REFERENCES
==========

For additional information about potential deployment problems with long file
names, please click the article number below to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q239069 PRB: Cannot Open or Find File Error Installing VB Application

Additional query words: sp4 pdw, long file-names LFN kbfix

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Keywords          : kbwizard kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbVBp kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVB600
Version           : :6.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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