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Old April 7th 06, 04:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Files needed by the "Create Startup Disk" program are not in the expected
location and not the expected file extension. The disk creation program is
looking for aspi2dos.sys, autoexec.ebd, command.ebd, config.ebd, extract.ebd,
fixit.ebd, himem.ebd, ramdrive.ebd, readme.ebd, setramd.ebd, and winboot.ebd
files in C:\windows\options\install. I found all of these files in
C:\windows\command\EBD except the extensions are the "more normal" .bat,
..sys, .txt, etc.

What should I do now? Any ideas on the cause of this mix-up? (This computer
may have been upgraded to ME from 95.)

Thanks for whatever help\advice you can provide.
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Paul M.
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Old April 7th 06, 05:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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The "expected location" is the folder containing the file BASE2.CAB and
not the Windows\Command folder. This is normally either
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs or C:\Windows\Options\Install although some OEMs
chose to place the folder containing the Win Me cab files elsewhere,
sometimes even on a hidden partition, and then, having done so, failed to
edit the registry correctly to point to that location. Use Windows
Explorer's Search to locate the folder containing BASE2.CAB.

When asked for files by "Create Startup Disk" point it as the folder
containing BASE2.CAB.
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Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



Paul M. wrote:

Files needed by the "Create Startup Disk" program are not in the
expected location and not the expected file extension. The disk
creation program is looking for aspi2dos.sys, autoexec.ebd,
command.ebd, config.ebd, extract.ebd, fixit.ebd, himem.ebd,
ramdrive.ebd, readme.ebd, setramd.ebd, and winboot.ebd files in
C:\windows\options\install. I found all of these files in
C:\windows\command\EBD except the extensions are the "more normal"
.bat, .sys, .txt, etc.

What should I do now? Any ideas on the cause of this mix-up? (This
computer may have been upgraded to ME from 95.)

Thanks for whatever help\advice you can provide.


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Old April 7th 06, 08:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Problem Making Startup Disk

Mike,

That was it exactly. I found BASE2.CAB in C:\WINME and I was able to make a
startup disk. I don't know how I would have gotten this information without
the help of this forum.

What registry key and value can I edit to have this redirection occur
automatically. This would be a big help for the next time someone wants to
make a startup disk on this computer.

Thanks.
--
Paul M.


"Mike M" wrote:

The "expected location" is the folder containing the file BASE2.CAB and
not the Windows\Command folder. This is normally either
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs or C:\Windows\Options\Install although some OEMs
chose to place the folder containing the Win Me cab files elsewhere,
sometimes even on a hidden partition, and then, having done so, failed to
edit the registry correctly to point to that location. Use Windows
Explorer's Search to locate the folder containing BASE2.CAB.

When asked for files by "Create Startup Disk" point it as the folder
containing BASE2.CAB.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



Paul M. wrote:

Files needed by the "Create Startup Disk" program are not in the
expected location and not the expected file extension. The disk
creation program is looking for aspi2dos.sys, autoexec.ebd,
command.ebd, config.ebd, extract.ebd, fixit.ebd, himem.ebd,
ramdrive.ebd, readme.ebd, setramd.ebd, and winboot.ebd files in
C:\windows\options\install. I found all of these files in
C:\windows\command\EBD except the extensions are the "more normal"
.bat, .sys, .txt, etc.

What should I do now? Any ideas on the cause of this mix-up? (This
computer may have been upgraded to ME from 95.)

Thanks for whatever help\advice you can provide.



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Old April 7th 06, 08:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Problem Making Startup Disk

Paul M. wrote:

That was it exactly. I found BASE2.CAB in C:\WINME and I was able to
make a startup disk. I don't know how I would have gotten this
information without the help of this forum.

What registry key and value can I edit to have this redirection occur
automatically. This would be a big help for the next time someone
wants to make a startup disk on this computer.


Paul,

I'm pleased to read that you've now solved the problem of making a startup
disk. Correcting the registry entry will not only make making a startup
disk much easier next time someone might want to make one on that PC but
also allow them to use MSConfig to extract files from the Win Me cab set
[MSConfig | General | Extract file].

Correcting the problem:
Use regedit (Start, Run, enter Regedit in box and click OK)
Brows in the left hand pane to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Setup
Now in the right hand pane look for the string value "SourcePath". double
click this value and enter the name of the folder containing BASE2.CAB
including the full path, for example, C:\WINME\
Click OK and close regedit.

Check that all is now OK by making another Win Me startup disk.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]


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Old April 8th 06, 01:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Problem Making Startup Disk

Mike,

This worked perfectly. Thanks for the very clear instructions.
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Paul M.


"Mike M" wrote:

Paul M. wrote:

That was it exactly. I found BASE2.CAB in C:\WINME and I was able to
make a startup disk. I don't know how I would have gotten this
information without the help of this forum.

What registry key and value can I edit to have this redirection occur
automatically. This would be a big help for the next time someone
wants to make a startup disk on this computer.


Paul,

I'm pleased to read that you've now solved the problem of making a startup
disk. Correcting the registry entry will not only make making a startup
disk much easier next time someone might want to make one on that PC but
also allow them to use MSConfig to extract files from the Win Me cab set
[MSConfig | General | Extract file].

Correcting the problem:
Use regedit (Start, Run, enter Regedit in box and click OK)
Brows in the left hand pane to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Setup
Now in the right hand pane look for the string value "SourcePath". double
click this value and enter the name of the folder containing BASE2.CAB
including the full path, for example, C:\WINME\
Click OK and close regedit.

Check that all is now OK by making another Win Me startup disk.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



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Old April 8th 06, 01:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
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Default Problem Making Startup Disk

Again thanks Paul for the feedback. Having a poster reply to a suggestion
helps everyone, especially others who might experience the same problem.
Reporting that a suggested fix worked makes posting worthwhile.

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby



Paul M. wrote:

This worked perfectly. Thanks for the very clear instructions.


 




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