XL Err Msg: "Setup Needs To Modify A File" During SetupLast reviewed: March 27, 1997Article ID: Q110074 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen you run the Microsoft Excel Setup program, you may receive one of the following error messages after you enter your information in the Name And Organization Information dialog box:
Serious disk error writing to drive A: -or- Setup Needs To Modify a file on: A:\ If you have locked your disk with a write-protect tab, please unlock it and then choose OK.If you receive the second error message and then choose OK, you receive the same error message. If you choose Ignore, you receive the following error message:
Could not write to the file named: 'A:\SETUP.INI'. Please verify that the destination drive has enough disk space." CAUSEDuring Microsoft Excel Setup, your name and organization information is written to the Setup Disk 1. You receive the error message above if Setup Disk 1 is write-protected because information cannot be written to the disk. If you are using 3.5-inch disks, the disk is write-protected if the write-protect window on the disk is open. NOTE: It is possible for the write-protect tab to slip during the shipping and handling of your disks.
WORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, do one of the following:
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