PRB: "File 'ADDUSER.APP' Does Not Exist" Running INSTALL /N

 Last reviewed: April 18, 1995
Article ID: Q110115
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b

SYMPTOMS

The Configuration portion of a Workstation Installation (INSTALL /N) fails with the following FoxPro error message: 

   File 'ADDUSER.APP' does not exist.

CAUSE

The INSTALL /N command was not issued from the directory containing the Administrative Installation (INSTALL /A) of FoxPro.

After a Workstation Installation completes the Basic portion of its installation, it calls the FoxPro program ADDUSER.APP to configure the workstation for the network environment. In order for FoxPro to load and run ADDDUSER.APP, the current directory must be the Administrative Installation directory.

Even if the Administrative Installation directory is on the MS-DOS search path, allowing FoxPro itself to start, because ADDUSER.APP is not an MS-DOS executable program (.COM or .EXE), it cannot be located on the path, thus causing the error message.

RESOLUTION

Go to the drive and directory containing the Administrative Installation of FoxPro, and type "INSTALL /N" (without the quotation marks).

Additional reference words: FoxDos 2.50 2.50a 2.50b errmsg err msg setup
KBCategory: kbsetup kbprg kberrmsg kbprb
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Last reviewed: April 18, 1995
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