orcad9.0 under windows XP

[wolf]

Hi everyone,

before I got Orcad9.0 running under WINNT 4.0, no problems.

But, now I use WINXP and whenever I try to install Orcad9,
via the splash menu, I get following error:

SPlash MFC apllication has encountered a problem ...


When runnign the setup.exe immediately from the CD via explorer,
the installation starts, but at the very first file transfer, I get
following error:

Severe :
General file transfer error. Please check your target location and try
again.
Error number:-2

However, I checked the location ( c:\program files\orcad\), I have
enough disk space, and I tried it fith fat32 and ntfs file system,
nothing helps.
So, anyone any idea what's wrong?

Thx,
Wolf

 

[private]

Could it be that your CD media is corrupted/damaged? If that's not it,
perhaps see if setting Orcad9.exe or whatever it is for Windows 2000
compatibility (right-click on it) and see if the problems disappears.

All Rights Reserved

 

[Charlie Edmondson]

Hi everyone,

before I got Orcad9.0 running under WINNT 4.0, no problems.

But, now I use WINXP and whenever I try to install Orcad9,
via the splash menu, I get following error:

SPlash MFC apllication has encountered a problem ...


When runnign the setup.exe immediately from the CD via explorer,
the installation starts, but at the very first file transfer, I get
following error:

Severe :
General file transfer error. Please check your target location and try
again.
Error number:-2

However, I checked the location ( c:\program files\orcad\), I have
enough disk space, and I tried it fith fat32 and ntfs file system,
nothing helps.
So, anyone any idea what's wrong?

Thx,
Wolf

Take a look at your CD, and see if there is a different .exe, something
like _setup.exe or something like that. It has been a LONG time, but
IIRC this skipped the splash screen, and went right to the installer.

Of course, you are asking for trouble installing something that came out
long before WinXP, and hoping it will run there...

Charlie

 

[Jim Thompson]

Take a look at your CD, and see if there is a different .exe, something
like _setup.exe or something like that. It has been a LONG time, but
IIRC this skipped the splash screen, and went right to the installer.

Of course, you are asking for trouble installing something that came out
long before WinXP, and hoping it will run there...

Charlie

Particularly if it's OrCAD ;-)

Of course old copies of TurboTax won't either :-(

...Jim Thompson

 

[Jamie]

Hi everyone,

before I got Orcad9.0 running under WINNT 4.0, no problems.

But, now I use WINXP and whenever I try to install Orcad9,
via the splash menu, I get following error:

SPlash MFC apllication has encountered a problem ...


When runnign the setup.exe immediately from the CD via explorer,
the installation starts, but at the very first file transfer, I get
following error:

Severe :
General file transfer error. Please check your target location and try
again.
Error number:-2

However, I checked the location ( c:\program files\orcad\), I have
enough disk space, and I tried it fith fat32 and ntfs file system,
nothing helps.
So, anyone any idea what's wrong?

Thx,
Wolf

MFC ? sounds like a VC/ VB compiled app ?
anyways, its possible that its trying to replace a
file that is in use already? most likely would be
one of the support runtimes in the system folder.
oR!, you could have a failed CD, CD rom Drive or
the App is trying to do some screwy software protection
check using a function your CD/CD drivers does not support
or !, you could have problems with some long file name on
some folders? or!. you are not logged in as Admin and on a
pc that is restricted ?
who knows! could be a many of things!

 

[wolf]

Could it be that your CD media is corrupted/damaged? If that's not it,
perhaps see if setting Orcad9.exe or whatever it is for Windows 2000
compatibility (right-click on it) and see if the problems disappears.

All Rights Reserved

Hi,
I tried to install on another PC with another windows version ( win98)
still the same problems, so, my CDrom reader works fine and the CD is
not damaged ( I could copy all files from it to harddisk) and I do
nowhere find the compatibility info.

By the way, who is generating rhe error I get , Microsoft or the Orcad
application and why is there no real explanation of what kind of error
error number:-2 means?

This is the error I always get:


Severe :
General file transfer error. Please check your target location and try
again.
Error number:-2


Wolf.

 

[wolf]

MFC ? sounds like a VC/ VB compiled app ?
anyways, its possible that its trying to replace a
file that is in use already? most likely would be
one of the support runtimes in the system folder.
oR!, you could have a failed CD, CD rom Drive or
the App is trying to do some screwy software protection
check using a function your CD/CD drivers does not support
or !, you could have problems with some long file name on
some folders? or!. you are not logged in as Admin and on a
pc that is restricted ?
who knows! could be a many of things!

Hi,

which file is it trying to replace int he system folder, it doesn't tell me.
CD and CD rom drive seems to be ok after trying several different Cd
drives and copying from CD to HD.

I have tried also from a dvd drive, the latest one, so I think this must
at least support the "screwy" SW protection check.
I was lgged in as admin as well.
winxp supports verly long file names as well.
So, any other idea?

Wolf.

 

[Ken Smith]

Severe :
General file transfer error. Please check your target location and try
again.
Error number:-2

To me "target location" implies that the problem is at the hard disk not
the CD rom. Have you done a scan on the hard drive lately?

It may be that the install cd refers to the "C:" drive. At XP Microsoft
is trying to start moving away from the old "C:" "D:" drive
specifications.

 

[Joseph2k]

To me "target location" implies that the problem is at the hard disk not
the CD rom. Have you done a scan on the hard drive lately?

It may be that the install cd refers to the "C:" drive. At XP Microsoft
is trying to start moving away from the old "C:" "D:" drive
specifications.

Not very effectively mind you; DOS 3.1 had better facilities.

 

[Ken Smith]

Not very effectively mind you; DOS 3.1 had better facilities.

With Microsoft, every OS is better than the next.

 

[Joel Kolstad]

Not very effectively mind you; DOS 3.1 had better facilities.

About two decades back good old AmigaDOS would prompt with things like,
"Please insert volume OrCAD: in any drive..." Nicest approach I've ever seen
taken. (It also had the very demanding error message, "You MUST replace
volume OrCAD in drive df0:!" if you removed the disk while it was writing to
it. Also a little nicer than most other OSes that just give up and fail and
immediately give you a corrupted file as a result.)