PC Forms: Err Msg: Error Could Not Execute...

Last reviewed: July 29, 1996
Article ID: Q141068

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Electronic Forms Designer (E-form) on a Microsoft Windows 95 computer, you may get the following error message after you run SETUP.EXE:

   Error could not execute C:\WINDOWS\CMDKINST.EXE 2

CAUSE

This error can occur if the E-forms Setup disk has been updated to a newer version and the CMDKINST.EXE file is not present in the Windows directory.

RESOLUTION

NOTE: The file sizes and dates for Electronic Forms Designer Setup files on Disk 1 are:

SETUP.EXE         15,360       9/20/93      12:59pm
USERINST.EX_      37,205      10/13/93       5:58pm

You can use one of the following workarounds when you get the above error message:

Get the newest version of the updated Setup files, version 1.03 from Product Support Services.

File sizes and dates for latest updated Setup files:

    SETUP.EXE            15,360        4/24/95        3:24pm
    VER.DL_               9,696        11/1/93        5:11am
    CMDKINST.EXE         71,240        4/27/95        8:23pm
    CMDKINST.EX_         31,231        4/27/95        8:23pm

Use the expand command and expand a new version from the E-forms Setup disk that you are using. This can be done because the setup files (version 1.01) does not expand the CMDKINST.EX_ correctly; however, you can correctly manually expand the file yourself. The following syntax is required for a manual expand:
```
     expand a:\cmdkinst.ex_  c:\<windir>\cmdinst.exe
```
Rename the C:\<WINDIR>\CMDKINST.EX to C\<WINDIR>\CMDKINST.EXE and restart the E-forms Setup program.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in version 1.0 of Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer. A fix for this problem is in development, but has not been regression-tested and may be destabilizing in production environments. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services for more information on the availability of this fix.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q123320
   TITLE     : Err Msg: Could Not Copy File...

Additional reference words: 1.00 error setup eforms cmdkinst.exe
KBCategory: kbsetup kberrmsg kbbug1.00
KBSubcategory: MailPCForms

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Last reviewed: July 29, 1996
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