From:	loki AT dragoncat DOT net (Jeremy Blackman)
Subject:	Re: cdk.exe install problem
4 Aug 1997 23:13:02 -0700 :
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Original-To:	Michael Scheer <mdash AT novell DOT com>
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On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Michael Scheer wrote:

> I downloaded the beta18 cdk.exe.  The installation fails early on with 
> the following error from installshield: 
>  
> "The decompression of %s failed.  There may no be enough free disk
> space in the TEMP directory."
> 
> But I've got over 700 meg free in the volume holding $TEMP.  Ideas?
> Thanks.

I oughtta make a template for this sort of reply. ;)

[deep breath, into rehearsed speech]

Having had to build one too many InstallShield setups at my workplace, I
can tell you that this is a bug in InstallShield, not a bug in Cygnus'
installer.  If you have more than a certain number of files in your TEMP
directory - or if you have files named the same thing InstallShield wishes
to name its files (probably from past runs of other InstallShield
install scripts) which it cannot, for some reason, write over -
InstallShield will fail.  And not gracefully, either - this failure is
indicated by that dialog box you mentioned. :)

Clearing out your TEMP directory entirely should do it - that will get rid
of both any files with conflicting names, and the potential 'too many
files' problem. :)

[out of rehearsed reply]

Hope that helps!

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