PRB: Setup Wizard Replaces User-Created SETUP.EXE File

ID: Q126441

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, version 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

If a setup program is created for an application that will be distributed using the Setup Wizard and the user-created setup program has the name (SETUP.EXE), the Setup Wizard will replace the user-created program with its own file (which is also named SETUP.EXE).

CAUSE

The Setup Wizard does not check to see if a user-created file by the name of SETUP.EXE exists in the distribution directory where the files that comprise the user-created program reside.

WORKAROUND

Do not name any executables SETUP.EXE.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new project with one program file.

2. In the program file, execute the command:

   Wait Window "Hello"

3. Choose Build, and select Executable -- assuming the distribution kit is

   installed. Name the executable SETUP.

4. After the executable has been built, create a distribution directory,

   and copy the file SETUP.EXE and FOXW2600.ESL into the directory.

5. Run the Setup Wizard, and respond to the on-screen prompts. After the

   Wizard has created the distribution disk directories, run SETUP.EXE in
   the DISK1 directory. What will be executed is the Microsoft Installation
   program, not your original executable.

Additional reference words: FoxWin 2.60a SETUP WIZARD EXECUTABLE KBCategory: kbtool kbprb KBSubcategory: FxtoolDk

Last Reviewed: June 27, 1995