>>>>Having trouble with the infamous SETUP Wizard.  I get an error during the installation process:
>>>> SETUP ERROR 279
>>>> Object 9; your setup files may be damaged.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'm using VFP 5.0 (SP3) and have tried deleting the DISTRIB directory, and even uninstalled all of VFP and reinstalled it!
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>
>>>>Mark
>>>>mark@remarkable-systems.com
>>>Have you deleted the wzcnt??? file and the dist??? database in the application's directory?
>>>
>>>
>>>Wayne
>>
>>
>>Wayne,
>>
>>What 'wzcnt???' file? Can't find ANYthing under my VFP directory (including all app's dirs below it) resembling 'wzcnt*.*'. Didn't find any 'dist???' either. Please clarify. Thanks.
>>
>>Mark
>
>Hi Mark,
>
>I had this problem once and it only occurred for this one particular EXE. I don't know why this helped but what I did while playing around with the problem was to remove a form from the project and recreate the EXE. The Setup Wizard now gave me no error. So I added the form back into the project and recreated the EXE and the Setup Wizard worked fine. Like I said, I don't know why this works or why I even tried it. I was probably getting real desperate at the time. HTH

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Hello everyone! Fixed the problem! Here's the story...

Fixed it!  The problem was caused by something one wouldn't first think of based on an error message of "Error #279 Object 9 -- setup files may be damaged." -- as it turns out -- it was simply the fact that the ICO (icon) file that I attached to my EXE file, was not in the directory against which the Setup Wizard was run.  I simply copied the ICO file into that sub-dir and now all works fine.  Go figure!  Microsoft called it a 'bug'.  Hope this helps someone else down the road!

Sincerely,

Mark W. Mitchell