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PUB: Error Installing on a Network Windows Installation

Article ID: 112462

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Publisher 2.0a
Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q112462

SYMPTOMS

Installing Microsoft Publisher to a network server using:

Publisher 2.x - SETUP /N
Publisher 3.x and 97 SETUP /A

command on a system running a shared/network installation of Windows may result in the following error message:

A directory into which setup should install files is read- only. Publisher may not install correctly. If the directory is a network directory, please insure that your network administrator has installed the proper files.

CAUSE

This message means that the user does not have the necessary privileges to install programs to the Windows network directory. As a result, Microsoft Publisher Setup will not work. Microsoft Publisher requires a number of files to be located in the Windows directory. Publisher's Setup program attempts to write these files but will fail if the user does not have the correct write privileges to the Windows directory.

RESOLUTION

Log in as Supervisor, Administrator or someone who possesses full privileges.

NOTE: To run Publisher on a shared/network installation of Windows, you do not need to have the ability to write to the Windows directory; however, write privileges are required to run Publisher Setup.

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Keywords: kberrmsg kbnetwork kbsetup kbprb KB112462