PRB: InstallSHIELD Error: Setup Requires a Different Version

• Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for:

      - Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51
      - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0
  

SYMPTOMS

After installing InstallSHIELD SDK Edition from Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.0, you may see the following error message when you try to run the Template application:

   Setup requires a different version of Windows. Check to
   make sure that you are running Setup on the Windows platform
   for which it is intended.

   Error 102.

CAUSE

The message occurs when a the _inst32i.ex_ does not exist in the directory where Setup.exe is located.

RESOLUTION

To correct the problem in both the Template application and in projects created with InstallSHIELD SDK Edition, copy _inst32i.ex_ from the \Ishield\Disk1 directory on the Visual C++ compact disc into the following two locations on the hard drive:

   \Program Files\Stirling\InstallShield\Program

   -and-

   \Program Files\Stirling\InstallShield\Template\One\Disk1

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior occurs only when InstallSHIELD is installed from Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.0. It does not occur when InstallSHIELD is installed from the Microsoft Win32 SDK.