Setup Error Message: Generic Install Error
Article ID: 128030
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
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This article was previously published under Q128030
SYMPTOMS
When you are installing Windows 95, you may receive the following error
message:
Generic install error
Invalid GenInstall INF file. -[Exiting with error code = 402(0x192).]
When you choose OK, the Setup program exits.
CAUSE
This error occurs if the existing WIN.INI file contains a LOAD entry that
does not have an equal sign (=).
RESOLUTION
Edit the WIN.INI file and either remove the LOAD entry or add an equal
sign to the entry (so that it reads "LOAD=") and then run the Windows 95
Setup program again.
MORE INFORMATION
During Setup, SETUPX.DLL parses the WIN.INI file and MBASE.INF searches
for the LOAD= entry. If the entry does not have an equal sign, the error
message stated above occurs.
NOTE: MBASE.INF exists only while Setup is running. When Setup is finished,
this file is deleted. You will not find this file in the Windows\INF
subdirectory.
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