Re: setup has encounted a problem and needs to close

"Mark Alsop" <malsop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23dY7CN2uGHA.1288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Need to install VB6 on the new machine (I'll be removing
it from the old machine)

Naturally ;-)

The above error (subject line) occurs whether autorun
initiates setup or I do it manually

Probably a corrupt 16 bit subsystem or an overly large Temp folder. Check out the following link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/250343/en-us?spid=3042&sid=global

Mike Williams (MVP - Visual Basic)



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