PRB: Setup Wizard Fails to Recognize Disk Drive Selections
ID: Q150949
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual Basic Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
SYMPTOMS
In the Combo Boxes for the disk drive selection on Step 3 of the Setup
Wizard, the drives are either missing or grayed out.
CAUSE
The Setup Wizard stores the disk drive selection and other setup
information in the SWDEPEND.INI file. The SWDEPEND.INI file is created for
the first time when the Setup Wizard is run, or if the file or an entry has
been deleted. If the file is incorrectly created, altered, or damaged, the
Setup Wizard does not function properly. The Setup Wizard looks for the
entries in SWDEPEND.INI that contain the drive information, but cannot find
them.
RESOLUTION
Use the following steps to resolve this problem:
- Rename SWDEPEND.INI, which is located in the \WINDOWS directory.
- Use a text editor to open the ...\SETUPKIT\KITFIL32\SWxxTMPL.INI file,
where xx is 16 or 32.
NOTE: If you have installed on a 16-bit operating system, the KITFIL32
directory will be called KITFILES.
- Check for the following lines under the [SetupWiz-xx] section, where
xx is 16 or 32:
Drive1=1.2 MB Disk,1213952,512
Drive2=1.44 MB Disk,1457664,512
Drive3=720 KB Disk,730112,1024
Drive4=360 KB Disk,362496,1024
- If these lines do not exist, the file is corrupt and a fresh copy should
be created from the 16-bit edition \VB\setupkit\kitfiles or the 32-bit
edition \VB\setupkit\kitfil32 directory on the CD-ROM. If these lines do
exist, run the Setup Wizard again to create a new SWDEPEND.INI file.
- Run the Setup Wizard and note that you can now select the drives.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Additional query words:
Keywords : kbsetup kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:4.0;WINNT:4.0;
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb
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