Cannot Change Properties of the File Named: CTL3D.DLL

Q112465

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a
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SYMPTOMS
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Installing Microsoft Publisher version 2.0 to a network server using
the SETUP /N command on a system running a shared/network installation of
Windows may result in the following error message:

   Cannot change properties of the file named: P:\WINDOWS\CTL3D.DLL.

NOTE: The path may vary.

CAUSE
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This message means that the user does not have the necessary privileges
to install applications to the Windows network directory or that a file
cannot be modified because it is in use by another user on the network.

Publisher's Setup program must be able to modify files in the Windows
directory. If the user does not have rights to this directory or one
or more of the files that Publisher needs to modify is in use by
someone else, Setup will fail.

MORE INFORMATION
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If the user does not have rights to the location of the Windows
program files, Microsoft Publisher Setup will return the above error
message.

Microsoft Publisher requires a number of specific files to be located
in the Windows directory. Publisher's Setup program attempts to write
these files but will fail if:

1. The user does not have the correct privileges to write to the
   Windows directory.

   -or-

2. Someone else is currently using one of the files that must be
   modified.

SOLUTION
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Log in as Supervisor or someone who possesses full rights. Make sure
no workstations are connected to this network drive and re-install
Publisher.

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.

NOTE: Microsoft Publisher 2.0a addresses this issue with a different
error message indicating that the directory is Read-Only (referring
to the Windows directory) but must be resolved in the same way. For more
information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   directory and into and which and setup and should and install and
   files and read-only

Additional query words: 2.00a mspub Novell Banyan Vines Banyon
2.00a Netware 3.11 pub20 pub20a w_ole wm_ole ole techinfo