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Problem with installing MS Visual Studio..

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dezell123

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When I try to install MS Visual Studio,(Microsoft Visual C++,and the data access are the only I have clicked,if that helps),it goes through everything,and then,when it gets to Setup is Updating the system,a popup pops up,and it says:

Setup has encountered a problem in launching the following command line: (here are two semi thick black lines,I dunno what they are).
If you have a system directory that contains a % sign,or the directory name starts with a space(i.e. 'C:/win95/system'),then setup will fail. Please restart setup and ensure your system directory name does not contain the aformentioned problems. Setup will now abort...

I checked,and my windows/system folder doesnt have a space before it,so,I don't see what the problem is..

Thanks for any help! 😀
 
Do you have MS office installed?

There is a document on MS website that says that if MS Office is installed first then it can cause a problem. I found this when I tried to install Visual Studio after MS office.

Hope this leads you in the right direction. I installed VS then Office and it seemed to work for me.

😉
 
UGH! Cant find anything! I need a compiler!ahh!!

It would be greatly aprreciated,and if you find an answer for me,Ill program you somethin in VB6..(Its too hard in C++ 😀)
 
I know that VS, or any MS software for that matter, causes us endless grief here, due to our use of the Win31FileSystem flag in the registry (forces old MS-DOS 8.3 compatibility for FAT filesystems such as floppies). This flag can cause all sorts of install errors, and they are always totally misleading and enormously frustrating.

This probably isn't your problem, since most people don't need or use this option, but it might be worth a look.

Start regedit, check the value of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem\Win32FileSystem key. The value should be 0.
If not, change it to 0, reboot, then retry the install.
Note: The exact key name may be different on your system, it is best to use the regedit Search to find it. Check for multiple occurrances.
 
dezell123,

Since the Win31FileSystem isn't it, I can only suggest doing a virus scan and a disk scan to ensure that it isn't a disk problem.

Good luck.

 
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