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From: Rainy on 30 Apr 2010 23:07 "Lem" <lemp40(a)unknownhost> wrote in message news:uTs%2389L6KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Rainy wrote: >> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:%23RnwXZK6KHA.4344(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> >>> "Rainy" <love_sweetz(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>> news:eaegTBJ6KHA.328(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>> news:%23NZNwpG6KHA.5016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>> >>>>> "Rainy" <love_sweetz(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:#ejodXG6KHA.1932(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:uTyJjnF6KHA.4940(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Rainy" <love_sweetz(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:uihfYiF6KHA.5016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>>>> Windows XP Home OEM >>>>>>>> Sp3 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with >>>>>>>> one of >>>>>>>> my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I >>>>>>>> tried >>>>>>>> to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit >>>>>>>> programs. >>>>>>>> I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done >>>>>>>> recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . >>>>>>>> Does >>>>>>>> anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one >>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>> updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy >>>>>>> It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - >>>>>>> verbatim, please! >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Pegasus, >>>>>> I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to >>>>>> try and >>>>>> reinstall it and this is what I got >>>>>> >>>>>> Can't run 16-bit Windows Program >>>>>> >>>>>> Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its >>>>>> components). >>>>>> Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all >>>>>> required >>>>>> libraries are available. >>>>>> >>>>>> Of course I am staring right at it... :) I hope this helps you to >>>>>> help me.. thanks so much! Rainy >>>>> The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue >>>>> Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: >>>>> 1. Click Start / Run >>>>> 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. >>>>> 3. Type this command and press Enter: >>>>> dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE >>>>> >>>>> If the file does exist, continue like so: >>>>> 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} >>>>> 5. setup{Enter} >>>>> >>>>> You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got >>>>> created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other >>>>> step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? >>>> I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. >>>> 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, >>>> well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I >>>> didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't >>>> come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it >>>> myself.. .. Rainy >>>> >>>> I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not >>>> able to install.. >>> It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does >>> not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it >>> should be there? >>> >>> >> Because I unzipped it there.. Setup is there.. I can see it.. I unzipped >> it there, the same way I unzip every program I install. I can't sit and >> argue about whether I see this program or not.. that is silly.. why >> windows xp is saying it's not there, I have no idea. Ok will show you a >> screen shot.. >> >> www.sweetwrapz.net/thefont_thing.png . ok so do you see it, or is this >> just me.. lol Rainy > > The problem is the space in the path. The error message you received >> Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its >> components) > > indicates that Windows changed the directory Program Files to Progra~1 (to > comply with the DOS-like 8.3 filename convention) but for some reason > didn't do so for Sue Fisher (that should have been changed to SueFis~1) > > In the Command Prompt, you deal with spaces by surrounding the path with > quotes. Thus, if you were to open the Command Prompt and type > dir "C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE" [note the quotes] > you will get the file details of the setup.exe file. > > I assume, however, that your troubles arose when you opened the folder > named Sue Fisher, found the file named setup.exe, and double-clicked on > it. I infer from this that the setup.exe program itself is having a > problem when it attempts to reference one of the other setup files in that > folder. > > Try this: > 1. Move the folder Sue Fisher to C:\ > 2. Rename it without the space, and for good measure, with 8 or fewer > characters. For example, SueFish > 3. Navigate to C:\SueFish using Windows Explorer and double click on > setup.exe > > -- > Lem > > Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html Thank you so much Lem, it worked, you are very good! It's nice to have someone jump in that knows a thing or to.. I don't understand the workings of Winxp.. Why it did that in the first place.. Thank you again!! appreciate your expertise. I think it was my fault, I named the folder wrong.. should have been fisher.. there's your less than 8 letters, not Sue Fisher.. when it created the new folder it was C Program files/Fisher/The Font Thing .. thanks again and again..:) hugs Rainy
From: Lem on 1 May 2010 10:04
Rainy wrote: > "Lem" <lemp40(a)unknownhost> wrote in message > news:uTs%2389L6KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Rainy wrote: >>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:%23RnwXZK6KHA.4344(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> "Rainy" <love_sweetz(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>> news:eaegTBJ6KHA.328(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:%23NZNwpG6KHA.5016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>> "Rainy" <love_sweetz(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>>> news:#ejodXG6KHA.1932(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:uTyJjnF6KHA.4940(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>>>> "Rainy" <love_sweetz(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>>>>>>> news:uihfYiF6KHA.5016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>>>>> Windows XP Home OEM >>>>>>>>> Sp3 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with >>>>>>>>> one of >>>>>>>>> my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I >>>>>>>>> tried >>>>>>>>> to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit >>>>>>>>> programs. >>>>>>>>> I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done >>>>>>>>> recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . >>>>>>>>> Does >>>>>>>>> anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one >>>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>>> updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy >>>>>>>> It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - >>>>>>>> verbatim, please! >>>>>>> Hi Pegasus, >>>>>>> I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to >>>>>>> try and >>>>>>> reinstall it and this is what I got >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Can't run 16-bit Windows Program >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its >>>>>>> components). >>>>>>> Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all >>>>>>> required >>>>>>> libraries are available. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Of course I am staring right at it... :) I hope this helps you to >>>>>>> help me.. thanks so much! Rainy >>>>>> The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue >>>>>> Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: >>>>>> 1. Click Start / Run >>>>>> 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. >>>>>> 3. Type this command and press Enter: >>>>>> dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE >>>>>> >>>>>> If the file does exist, continue like so: >>>>>> 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} >>>>>> 5. setup{Enter} >>>>>> >>>>>> You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got >>>>>> created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other >>>>>> step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? >>>>> I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. >>>>> 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, >>>>> well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I >>>>> didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't >>>>> come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it >>>>> myself.. .. Rainy >>>>> >>>>> I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not >>>>> able to install.. >>>> It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does >>>> not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it >>>> should be there? >>>> >>>> >>> Because I unzipped it there.. Setup is there.. I can see it.. I unzipped >>> it there, the same way I unzip every program I install. I can't sit and >>> argue about whether I see this program or not.. that is silly.. why >>> windows xp is saying it's not there, I have no idea. Ok will show you a >>> screen shot.. >>> >>> www.sweetwrapz.net/thefont_thing.png . ok so do you see it, or is this >>> just me.. lol Rainy >> The problem is the space in the path. The error message you received >>> Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its >>> components) >> indicates that Windows changed the directory Program Files to Progra~1 (to >> comply with the DOS-like 8.3 filename convention) but for some reason >> didn't do so for Sue Fisher (that should have been changed to SueFis~1) >> >> In the Command Prompt, you deal with spaces by surrounding the path with >> quotes. Thus, if you were to open the Command Prompt and type >> dir "C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE" [note the quotes] >> you will get the file details of the setup.exe file. >> >> I assume, however, that your troubles arose when you opened the folder >> named Sue Fisher, found the file named setup.exe, and double-clicked on >> it. I infer from this that the setup.exe program itself is having a >> problem when it attempts to reference one of the other setup files in that >> folder. >> >> Try this: >> 1. Move the folder Sue Fisher to C:\ >> 2. Rename it without the space, and for good measure, with 8 or fewer >> characters. For example, SueFish >> 3. Navigate to C:\SueFish using Windows Explorer and double click on >> setup.exe >> >> -- >> Lem >> >> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: >> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html > > Thank you so much Lem, it worked, you are very good! It's nice to have > someone jump in that knows a thing or to.. I don't understand the workings > of Winxp.. Why it did that in the first place.. Thank you again!! appreciate > your expertise. I think it was my fault, I named the folder wrong.. should > have been fisher.. there's your less than 8 letters, not Sue Fisher.. when > it created the new folder it was C Program files/Fisher/The Font Thing .. > thanks again and again..:) hugs Rainy > > You're welcome -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html |