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CMO - 03 Jul 2004 20:20 GMT

Foxpro 6.0 will not load on my Windows XP machine
I get the following error message: "can't find Acme setup"

What do I do to get Foxpro to load on XP?

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Eric den Doop - 04 Jul 2004 21:45 GMT

Hello, CMO!
You wrote on Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:20:01 -0700:

C> Foxpro 6.0 will not load on my Windows XP machine
C> I get the following error message: "can't find Acme setup"

Sounds like a bad install media. Are you using the original CD? I have never
had problems installing VFP6 on any Win32 OS.

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Rick Bean - 05 Jul 2004 21:36 GMT

How are you loading VFP 6.0? Are you installing it while logged in under a user that has (at least) local Adiministrator level access? If it's on a CD, is an original or a copy? If it's a copy, does the CD have a title of VFPPROD1 ? Are you using a non-English version of XP? I've installed this many (30+) times on Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, and XP (mostly), and have never had a problem.

Rick

> Foxpro 6.0 will not load on my Windows XP machine
> I get the following error message: "can't find Acme setup"
>
> What do I do to get Foxpro to load on XP?

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Lee Mitchell - 12 Jul 2004 16:48 GMT

Hi CMO:

Along with the other suggestions, I would disable any anti virus software
you have running before installing. If that does not help, I would copy
the VFP 6.0 CD to a folder on the hard drive and try installing from the
hard drive copy. You might have a problem with the CD-ROM on the machine.

I hope this helps.

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>How are you loading VFP 6.0? Are you installing it while logged in under a

user that has (at >least) local Adiministrator level access? If it's on a
CD, is an original or a copy? If it's a copy, >does the CD have a title of
VFPPROD1 ? Are you using a non-English version of XP? I've >installed this
many (30+) times on Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, and XP (mostly), and have never
had a >problem.

>Rick

>"CMO" <CMO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Foxpro 6.0 will not load on my Windows XP machine
> I get the following error message: "can't find Acme setup"
>
> What do I do to get Foxpro to load on XP?

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