FIX: SETUP.EXE Cannot Start via a UNC Connection
Article ID: 115327
Article Last Modified on 12/1/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.51
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
This article was previously published under Q115327
SYMPTOMS
Start SETUP.EXE through a universal naming convention (UNC) connection (for
example, type "\\netroot\share\subdir\msvc\SETUP.EXE"). Installation fails
and the following message box is displayed:
Setup cannot initialize the file list
RESOLUTION
Assign a drive letter to the network share and run the SETUP.EXE file (for
example, use "x:\subdir\msvc\SETUP.EXE").
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the products listed at the
beginning of this article. This problem was fixed in Visual C++ 2.2, but
has not been fixed in the 16-bit version of our compiler. We will post new
information here in the Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 1.00 1.50 1.51 1.52 2.00 2.10
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsetup KB115327