DOCUMENT:Q201357 06-AUG-2002 [accother] TITLE :ODE97: Can't Write to Wininet.dll or Urlmon.dll During Install PRODUCT :Microsoft Access Distribution Kit PROD/VER:WINDOWS:97 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kberrmsg kbdta ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills. SYMPTOMS ======== When you are installing a run-time application on a computer, you may receive the following error message: Setup could not write to the file: '\Wininet.dll'. This file is currently being used by another application. Close any open applications. or Setup could not write to the file: '\Urlmon.dll'. This file is currently being used by another application. Close any open applications. You then have the following options: Retry, Abort, and Ignore. The path to the files will be specific to your computer's Microsoft Windows System path. CAUSE ===== The run-time application that you are installing contains a newer version of one or both of the files, Urlmon.dll or Wininet.dll. The Setup program always tries to overwrite older copies of files on a system that it is installing the files onto. The Setup program will not be able to successfully overwrite these files if the files are locked by the Windows operating system. RESOLUTION ========== You can change the version of the Urlmon.dll and Wininet.dll files that are included in your disk images by changing an entry in two of the Setup Wizard tables. For information about how to make these changes, see "Solution 3" in the following article: Q174508 ODE: Installing Run-Time Application Breaks Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION ================ At the time of this writing, if you click Ignore in the error message box, your application is successfully installed without any side effects to Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. However, Microsoft still recommends that you use the resolution described in the "Resolutions" section to resolve the error message completely. REFERENCES ========== For additional information about other issues involving the Office 97 Developer Edition and Internet Explorer 4.0, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q174217 ODE97: Comcat.dll Can't Be Registered During Run-time Install Q179011 ODE: Running Microsoft ODE97 on a Computer with Internet Explorer 4.0 For additional information about other issues involving the Office 97 Developer Edition and distributing applications, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q160870 ACC: VBA Functions Break in Database with Missing References Q162884 ODE97: Troubleshooting ODE Setup Wizard Problems Additional query words: pra wininet dll urlmon dll ====================================================================== Keywords : kberrmsg kbdta Technology : kbOfficeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbOffice97Search kbOffice97 kbOffice97DevSearch Version : WINDOWS:97 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbnofix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.