FrontPage won't run or reinstall after Windows 98SE reinstall
After many system problems, I recently reinstalled Windows 98SE and created a
new registry. Of course, this has meant reinstalling the applications to create entries in the new registry, even though the program files are still on the hard drive. But FrontPage 2002 won't reinstall. I'd purchased the upgrade version, for FrontPage 98 (and long-since pitched the FP98 disk). The FrontPage 2002 disk starts Window Installer, then halt with the message: This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package. Trying to start the existing installation of FP2002 directly from frontpg.exe, it halts with the message: A required DLL file, fpcutl.dll, was not found. (The file actually DOES exist in the Office10 subdirectory, but obviously the necessary registry entries to find it are missing.) Suggestions on how to proceed? TIA! |
Borisgoodenough wrote:
Suggestions on how to proceed? TIA! Upgrade your windows installer. -- Model: INFJ Primary function: Coprocessor Secondary function: Cluster commander "Even a child who is pure at heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms And the moon is full, completely." |
If you have not yet upgraded the Windows Installer, first try using the Windows
Installer CleanUp Utility only on the FrontPage installation, per the instructions he Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290301 Some of the info here will apply to your FrontPage problem as well: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...25120121120120 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.microsoft.com/communities...t/default.mspx "Borisgoodenough" wrote in message ... After many system problems, I recently reinstalled Windows 98SE and created a new registry. Of course, this has meant reinstalling the applications to create entries in the new registry, even though the program files are still on the hard drive. But FrontPage 2002 won't reinstall. I'd purchased the upgrade version, for FrontPage 98 (and long-since pitched the FP98 disk). The FrontPage 2002 disk starts Window Installer, then halt with the message: This patch package could not be opened. Verify that the patch package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer patch package. Trying to start the existing installation of FP2002 directly from frontpg.exe, it halts with the message: A required DLL file, fpcutl.dll, was not found. (The file actually DOES exist in the Office10 subdirectory, but obviously the necessary registry entries to find it are missing.) Suggestions on how to proceed? TIA! |
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