PowerPoint Workstation Setup Fails - Corrupt POWERPNT.INI
PSS ID Number: Q101733
Article last modified on 07-26-1993
PSS database name: W_PowerPt

3.00

WINDOWS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 3.0
 - Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1
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The network workstation installation (Setup /N) of PowerPoint may fail
if the administrative setup (Setup /A) was installed into a directory
that previously contained a "standalone" (non-shared) version of
PowerPoint or a directory that already contains a copy of
POWERPNT.INI.

MORE INFORMATION
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When installing a shared version of PowerPoint to a network server
using the Setup /A command (administrative setup), it is recommended
that the installation be made to a new or empty directory. Failure to
do so may result in the following error message during a subsequent
node or workstation installation (Setup /N)

   File Copy operation failed - incorrect number of bytes written
   to disk - source file or destination disk may be corrupted - use
   ChkDsk.

   Source:<drive from>\POWERPNT.INI
   Dest:  <drive to>\POWERPNT.IN

where <drive from> is the drive from which you are installing PowerPoint
and <drive to> is the drive to which you are installing PowerPoint.

If you run the PowerPoint administrative setup (Setup /A) to a
directory that contains a standalone version of POWERPNT.INI, the
POWERPNT.INI file is not overwritten. If you run a workstation
installation (Setup /N) to install PowerPoint on a workstation, the
finished file size is incorrect, causing PowerPoint Setup to issue the
above error message.

The correct size of the expanded POWERPNT.INI file in a shared
installation is 261 bytes. If the above error is encountered and the
size of the POWERPNT.INI in the shared PowerPoint directory is not 261
bytes, either delete the shared PowerPoint directory and run Setup /A
again, or run Setup /A to a new directory on the network server.

For more information about installing PowerPoint on a network, see pages
642-645 in the "Microsoft PowerPoint Handbook."

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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.