ACC97: Can't Run SETUP.EXE /y /r on NTFS

ID: Q170028

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 97

SYMPTOMS

When running Microsoft Office 97 for Windows with the command line "setup.exe /y /r" (without the quotation marks) as a power user on an installation that exists under Windows NT 4.0 on an NTFS partition after customizing the STF file to bypass the Admin check, Setup fails to complete successfully and you receive an error.

CAUSE

AccWiz.dll requires KEY_ALL_ACCESS, which causes the setup.exe /y /r to fail.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

Additional query words: KEY_ALL_ACCESS accwiz.dll setup.exe

Keywords : kbsetup kbdta
Version : WINDOWS: 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug