Err Msg: Error Happened While Writing to Msbatch.inf

Last reviewed: December 1, 1995
Article ID: Q140504

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are creating a server-based Windows 95 Setup folder on a network server using Netsetup.exe, you may receive the following error message:

   Error happened while writing one or more entries to Msbatch.inf.
   It is not possible to continue the Server-based Windows 95 Setup
   install process.

CAUSE

This error can occur when the files already exist in the destination folder due to a previous installation using Netsetup.exe.

RESOLUTION

Remove all files from the server folder and perform the server-based Windows 95 Setup process again.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about creating a server-based Windows 95 Setup, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q133221
   TITLE     : Installing a Server-based Windows 95 Setup

Note that Netsetup.exe is included only in the CD-ROM version of Windows 95. It is not included in the floppy disk version of Windows 95.

KBCategory: kbsetup kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: December 1, 1995
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