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Installation Run-Time Error Messages

Summary

The Setup.exe (or Install.exe) program may produce error messages if it cannot start properly. In most cases, you’ll encounter these messages when a severe error occurs. Rarely will your end users see these messages. When you get an error message , it appears in a message box. Every error message has a number .

Number

Error Message

Error 101 Setup.exe is unable to find an appropriate location to copy temporary files. Setup.exe intelligently searches all possible locations for free space to copy temporary files. Check to see enough free space is available and temporary location is not write-protected. Check the environment variable TEMP. Make sure it points to a directory location with ample free space.
Error 102 Setup is unable to find a compressed library file required to proceed with the installation. Check to make sure all required files are located with the Setup program.

Make sure that _instxx.ex_ is in the source directory. xxx will vary depending on the operating system. For example, InstallShield3 for Windows NT (Intel) and Windows 95 require the file _inst32i.ex_, where 32 is for 32 bit and I is for Intel. Also available are: A (Alpha), M (MIPS), and P (Power PC). InstallShield Express only supports Intel processors.

Error 103 Setup is unable to find _setup.dll, which is needed to complete the installation. Restart your system and try again.

Check to make sure that _setup.dll is located with the Setup program.

Error 104 Setup is unable to run an intermediate file needed to proceed with the installation.

Same as Error 105. This error message refers to a different intermediate file.

Make sure that you are running a normal installation of windows. If you cannot correct this error and need to contact InstallShield Technical Support, please give us information about any special configurations you’ve defined, and complete details of your environment.

Error 105 Setup is unable to run an intermediate file needed to proceed with the installation.

Setup.exe launches the installation program after copying it to the hard disk. You’ll see Error 105 when Setup.exe cannot launch the installation program from the hard disk. This message appears only rarely.

Make sure that you are running a normal installation of windows. If you need to contact Technical Support, please give us complete information on your environment and on any special configurations you’ve defined.

Error 107 Setup is unable to locate the script file <%s> that is needed to complete the installation.

Setup was unable to find a script file named Setup.ins or optionally another script file that was specified on the command line.

Check to make sure that you have a compiled script file named Setup.ins or Install.ins co-located with Setup.exe.

Error 110 Setup was started with a command line argument that contained an incomplete parameter bad_parameter. Check to make sure that the command line argument is in double quotes or single quotes you cannot mix and match.
Error 111 Insufficient memory available to run Setup. Close all other applications to make more memory available and try to run Setup again.

If after closing applications this message continues to appear, reboot your system.

Error 112 Setup is unable to decompress and copy all the program files needed to proceed with the installation. Contact your software vendor.

Make sure that you have TEMP environment variable. Also, make sure there is enough disk space where TEMP directory is located.

Error 201 Setup is unable to initialize the installation program (Install.exe).

InstallShield was internally unable to create a main window or initialize its window classes. Alternatively, there is not enough memory to register or create its internal window classes.

This error is highly unlikely under normal circumstances. If it should occur, reboot the machine and try again. If it persists, contact Technical Support.

Error 202 Setup is unable to initialize the installation program.
Error 301 Setup was unable to start up the installation program.

Make sure that you have a good copy of Setup.exe on your source disks. Check also to see if there’s enough space on the target disk.

Error 401 String variable is not large enough for string. Please check string declarations.

InstallShield was trying to copy a text string into a string variable. However, the text string was larger than the length you declared for that string variable. Before copying a string into a string variable, InstallShield checks the length of the string variable. There may be instances when InstallShield3 may be unable to detect such string overwrites. Check the declared length of the string variables. Increase the length to the maximum allowed value. Check the logic to make sure that you do not have a loop that generates strings longer than 512 bytes for Windows 3.1 and 1,024 bytes for Windows NT and Windows 95.

Error 420 Setup is unable to copy the installation support file <filename> to a temporary location.

The _setup.lib file is InstallShield3’s user-support file. You copy Setup.lib to your first distribution disk, and InstallShield3 automatically decompresses and copies _setup.lib to a temporary location on the user ‘s hard disk. You’ll see this error message if InstallShield3 cannot find an acceptable temporary location where it can copy the installation support file, or if there was not enough free disk space to copy the files.

Make sure you have enough free disk space and that the environment variable TEMP points to a valid location with enough available disk space.

Error 421 Setup is unable to copy the installation support file _setup.lib to a temporary location. Make more space available and try again.

Setup.exe cannot copy the support files to a temporary location.

Check to see that enough free space and appropriate write privileges are available.

Error 422 Setup is unable to expand the installation support file <filename>.

After copying the _setup.lib file to a temporary location, Setup.exe could not decompress the support file.

Make sure there is enough free space on the drive that you’re using for temporary storage.

Error 423 Setup is unable to load the installation script file.

Setup.exe is unable to load the script file into memory for processing. Setup.exe was internally unable to load the script file due to low memory conditions. On the other hand, it was unable to create its internal data structures, window classes or other control classes. The script file was contaminated or damaged, or was not compiled properly.

This error is highly unlikely. If it does occur, (1) recompile the script file, (2) reboot the machine, and (3) try running InstallShield again with the new script file.

Error 424 Setup has encountered an internal stack overflow error. Close all applications, restart the system and try the installation again.

Setup.exe displays this severe error when InstallShield3’s internal stack exceeds its limits. It’s highly unlikely that you will see this error message.

Recompile your script and try the installation again under a normal window’s installation.

Error 425 Setup has encountered an incomplete return statement in the script. Check your script for unmatched return statements.

You cannot use the return statement in a script unless it follows a call statement. If a return statement is encountered without a call statement, then the return statement is considered unmatched and you’ll see this error message.

Scan your script file to make sure each return statement is encountered only after a call statement. Fix the problem and recompile your script.

Error 426 Setup is unable to find the installation script file: script_filename.

Setup.exe was unable to find a script file named Setup.ins or, optionally, another script file that was specified on the command line.

Error 427 Setup is unable to load the installation script file: script_filename. The script may be from a previous version or corrupted.

Setup.exe is unable to load the script file into memory for processing. It’s possible that the script file has been corrupted or is otherwise incomplete. Recompile your script file.

Error 432 Setup has detected that unInstallShield is running.

This error may occur if an installation launches other installations. When you cancel one of the setups, unInstallShield is removing the files that were installed while the second setup is launching.

To avoid launching a second setup and have it fail with error 432, first make sure that the uninstaller is not locked. If it is locked, don’t launch the next setup or wait until it is unlocked.

Error 440 Setup has detected a possible infinite loop in the script with function function_name. Make sure your are handling the error returns codes properly.

Setup.exe has detected the possibility there’s an infinite loop in the way a function is used. FileSetPerform and other similar functions have a specific usage that you must follow. Otherwise, it’s possible that the script could end up in an infinite loop.

For every function that’s listed in the Language Reference Guide, there’s an example of how to use the function. If you get this error message, make sure you’ve structured your code the same as the example in theLanguage Reference Guide.

Error 502 Setup is unable to initialize the installation program. The script file may be bad.

The script file is corrupted or not enough free memory is available to execute the script file.

Recompile the script.

Error 701 A division by zero error was detected in the script. Installation will continue.

In checking your script, Setup.exe detected a division by zero. Installation will continue.

Examine the logic of your script. Check every division operation and make sure there’s no possibility of a zero value in the denominator.

Error 702 An internal error has occurred. Insufficient memory to allocate buffer.

InstallShield was internally unable to allocate memory to execute an instruction.

A highly unlikely error. Before contacting Technical Support about this, make sure you can repeatedly duplicate the error message. Before you call, send your script and installation disks to InstallShield Technical Support.

Error 703 An internal read error has occurred on script_filename. Unable to load installation instructions.

Setup.exe detects that it cannot read the script file from memory.

Recompile the script file and use the new compiled script file. Reboot the machine and try running Setup.exe again.

Error 704 Script_filename file has become corrupted. Unable to load installation instructions.

This message appears if Setup.exe detects that script file is corrupted, or if Setup.exe is unable to load the script file into memory for processing.

Run Windows in standard or enhanced mode. Or make more memory is available to Windows by removing any memory-resident programs or network drivers.

Error 3000 Error messages ranging from 3000 to 3021 are internal memory-related error conditions.

Low memory conditions exist. Internal string variables were overwritten, or the compiled script file is corrupted. Severe error conditions exist.

Compile your installation again and then test it. Make sure that you are not exceeding the limits of the string variables that you declared in your script.