1. Home
  2. Electronics Computer-Aided Design
  3. orcad9.0 under windows XP

orcad9.0 under windows XP

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

Reply to
wolf
Loading thread data ...

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

wolf wrote:

Reply to
private

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

Reply to
Charlie Edmondson

Particularly if it's OrCAD ;-)

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

...Jim Thompson

--
|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
     It\'s what you learn, after you know it all, that counts.
Reply to
Jim Thompson

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!

--
Real Programmers Do things like this.
http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5
Reply to
Jamie

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.

Reply to
wolf

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.

Reply to
wolf

In article , wolf wrote: [...]

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.

--
--
kensmith@rahul.net   forging knowledge
Reply to
Ken Smith

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

--
JosephKK
Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.  
--Schiller
Reply to
Joseph2k

In article , Joseph2k wrote: [...]

With Microsoft, every OS is better than the next.

--
--
kensmith@rahul.net   forging knowledge
Reply to
Ken Smith

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.)

Reply to
Joel Kolstad

ElectronDepot website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.