SBFM97: Error Message When Running Wizards Under MS Windows NT

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97 for Microsoft Excel 97
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you click one of the wizards on the Accounting menu, the following error message appears:

   You installed the <<unknown country>> version of Microsoft Small
   Business Financial Manager, but you have not set up Windows NT with
   <<unknown country>> settings. Your dates and numbers will not be in
   <<unknown country>> format until you change your Windows NT settings
   to <<unknown country>>.

   The SBFM Application folder is not registered

   Run-time error '48':
   File not found: msaap.dll

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You log on to a computer running Microsoft Windows NT without administrative permission.

      -and-
  

• You install the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97.

      -and-
  

• You start the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager and attempt to use a wizard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.