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>>It means I'm using what you might call an "inherited installation," which I didn't know was incomplete. So I ran setup again, adding the missing elements, which included the setup wizard and various other files. Then this started happening with the .exe files, but only on certain projects.
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>>What could be causing the incomplete build?
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>>-Thanks
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>One thing to check is if you have an icon attached to the EXE (set in Project Info), make sure the ICO file is not Read-Only.
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>-Doug-

try and rebuild your project..