PRB: Cannot Read Source File Error Running PDW Distribution

• Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When installing a Visual Basic application created with the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) and the package contains one or more DLLs with long file names, an error similar to the following occurs and the installation terminates:

Cannot read source file c:\windows\temp\rbt5120.tmp

CAUSE

This problem is caused by mismatched components on the target system. Once an install has been made successfully, the problem does not recur.

RESOLUTION

Create a PDW package with a simple Visual Basic project that does not contain files with long file names and install it on the machines that demonstrate this problem. Subsequent installation of packages containing files with long file names do not experience this problem.

REFERENCES

For additional information about potential deployment problems with long file names, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q239069 PRB: Cannot Open or Find File Error Installing VB Application

Additional query words: pdw, long file-names LFN

Keywords : kbwizard kbAppSetup kbDeployment kbVBp kbVBp600 kbGrpVB kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb