Article: Q189470
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbVBp kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 5.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When trying to setup a Visual Basic 5.0 application onto a server that has the
Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack installed, the application setup may fail with
following error:
Failure to register dll. 0x8000ffff
CAUSE
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The Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack set the Read-only attribute of the MSVBVM50.dll
file to True.
RESOLUTION
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To solve this problem, remove the Read-only attribute from MSVBVM50.dll on the
server.
STATUS
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Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
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Some users have been unable to install their Visual Basic 5.0 applications
because there was already a copy of Msvbvm50.dll on the system, and its file
attributes were set to Read-only. This problem is caused during Windows NT 4.0
Option Pack Installation.
The following information from the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack RELEASE
NOTES UPDATE Web page describes the problem:
VISUAL BASIC 5.0 RUN-TIME DLL CARRIES READ ONLY ATTRIBUTE Under some
conditions during Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack installation, the Microsoft
Visual Basic development system 5.0 run-time dynamic-link library (DLL)
(MSVBVM50.dll) is marked with the Read-only file attribute. This causes
errors when running any setup program created by the Visual Basic Setup
Wizard, or in some cases causes an error with Visual Basic-created components
that are downloaded into a browser.
This information may be found at the following Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/contents/products/nt4optpk/ntrelnotesupdate.asp
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbsetup kbVBp kbVBp500 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport
Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVBA500 kbVB500
Version : WINDOWS:5.0
Issue type : kbprb
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