VB16 Setup Error (Winexec returned error code 000AH)
On Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:54:24 GMT, Tom York scribed this:
Quote:
> I am getting the following error when "setup.exe" is finished copying
> files and tries to run "setup1.exe" (??)
> "Cannot start main setup program (WinExec() returned error code
> 000AH)"
> The installation program works on my 95 machine, but fails on every
> WFWG computer I have tried.
> To top it all off after the installation failed, the old version of
> the software announces that I needs a newer version of windows!!!! I
> am positive I am running the 16 bit setupwizard.
> Please note I am creating the distribution set to an Iomega Zip-100
> (if it makes a difference)...
> Please help
> VERY VERY FRUSTRATED USER
> Tom
It sounds like the wizard has created at PE-format (Win32/Win95) file, which produces
"Incorrect Windows Version" fault when it tries to WinExec it. You may need to
recompile SETUP1.EXE to make it a 16-bit app, as the one in the Wiz Kit may be a
32-bit. See STUPKIT\SETUP1\SETUP1.VBP.
Jamie
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