Network Setup: Can't Put Shared Components in Publisher Folder

Q137655

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to perform an administrative setup (Setup /A) of Microsoft
Publisher for Windows 95, you may receive the following error message
before Setup copies any files:

   Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95 Setup was not completed
   successfully.

This problem occurs if you specify that Setup install the shared components
in the same folder as Microsoft Publisher.

RESOLUTION
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When you perform an administrative setup, the Setup program suggests a
folder named Mspub for Publisher and a folder named Msapps for the shared
components. If you change the name of the shared components folder to be
the same as the Publisher folder, Setup will fail.

However, you can change the name of the shared components to be a subfolder
of the Publisher folder and Setup will continue. For example, if you are
installing Publisher to a folder called X:\Mspub, install the shared
components in a folder called X:\Mspup\Msapps.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher version 3.0 for
Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 3.00 pub3 pub95 w_mspub mspub kberrmsg setup
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