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by vpope

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My Win 98 PC (P2, 6gB free disk space, 320mB RAM) is refusing to install a number of programs (which are W98 certified).

The message I get is :

Setup Initialization Error
Setup is unable to find a hard disk location to store temporary files
Please make at least 891kb free disk space available and then try running setup again
Error 101

Any clues?, I can email the system info file if requested. I have run Virus scan and a throrough ScanDisk with no abnormalities detected.

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by tsimmo67

It sounds like the temp file in your windows directory has been deleted. Try creating a file in the windows directory called temp, and then try to reinstall again. If this doesn't work, maybe a format is the best option.
-Travis

by isys

Open a DOS box and type the work

Set

Look for a statement about setting the temp variable. It shoule say smomething like

Set temp=C:\Windows\Temp
Set tmp=C:\Windows\Temp

Look in whatever folder it references and delete all of the temporary files it contains.

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