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 M1.3 Install (Win95 CD): "Windows cannot find file setup.exe" or "Setup is unable to locate script file d:\setup.ins", error 107 
 
 Record #2786
Product Family:  Software 
 
Product Line:  M1 Graphical/General 
 
Product Part:  Install 
 
Product Version:  1.3. 
 
Problem Title: 
M1.3 Install (Win95 CD): "Windows cannot find file setup.exe" or "Setup is unable to locate
script file d:\setup.ins", error 107 
 
 
 
Problem Description: 
Urgency: Hot 
 
Symptoms: 
1. "Setup is unable to locate script file d:\setup.ins", 
      error 107 
2. After trying to run setup.exe, "Windows cannot find file 
      setup.exe" is reported. 
3. All files and directories are visible from the root 
      directory, but none of the subdirectories can be accessed. 
 
If any of these symptoms are encountered, check the following: 
 
1.  CD-ROM recognized by Win95: 
        -Right click on the "My Computer" icon 
        -Select properties 
        -Select Device Manager 
        -See if CD-ROM is one of the selectable devices 
 
2.  The Autoexec.bat or Config.sys loads MSCDEX.EXE 
 
If MSCDEX.EXE is loaded in Autoexec.bat and the CD-ROM is not 
listed by Device Manager, the M1.3.7 CDs will not be readable 
by the CD drive. 
 
If the CD drive is listed by the Device Manager, REM out the 
MSCDEX.EXE driver from the Autoexec.bat and see if the CD drive 
can be access through Windows Explorer after rebooting. 
 
 
Solution 1: 
 
If the other solution does not work, try upgrading WIN95 to a 
newer version. 
 
 
 
Solution 2: 
 
Cause: 
 
The M1.3.7 CDs are Win95/NT ONLY CDs and cannot be read by a 
Win3.1 system or a system that uses the Win3.1 driver 
MSCDEX.EXE.  This problem does not exist with any of our older 
CDs because the other CDs had filenames that were 8.3 
compliant. 
 
Since our M1 CDs have long filenames, making the CDs Win3.1 
readable would still not allow systems using the Win3.1 driver 
to install our software.  When a long filename is encountered 
the install program would report an error. 
 
Solution: 
 
If the CD drive is not listed by Device Manager try the 
following: 
 
1. "REM" out MSCDEX.EXE from the autoexec.bat or config.sys. 
      Restart. 
2. Goto Control Panel 
3. Run Add New Hardware 
4. Check Device manager for the CD drive 
 
If the problem is still encountered, the vendor of the CD 
drive or the (IDE or SCSI) controller card may have updated 
drivers; otherwise, the customer may need to get a new CD 
drive that is fully compliant with Win95. 
 
 
 
 End of Record #2786 - Last Modified: 01/29/99 18:10  |