PRB: Custom Setup Creates Too Many Program Groups

Article ID: Q101069
Creation Date: 04-JUL-1993
Revision Date: 11-MAR-1996

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access Distribution Kit version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

Custom Setup creates a program group for each icon you install, and one additional empty program group. For example, if Custom Setup is supposed to create one program group containing two icons, Setup actually creates three program groups, only two of which contain an icon.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if your application is being installed on a computer running Microsoft Windows 3.0, and the application name you specified in the last screen of the Custom Setup Wizard is longer than 24 characters.

RESOLUTION

Reduce the length of the program group name.

STATUS

This behavior no longer occurs in the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Run the Setup Wizard.
When the last screen prompts you for the name of the application, specify a name longer than 24 characters.
Create the program disks and install the application on a computer running Windows 3.0.

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