Microsoft Entertainment Pack

[Guest]

I am running XP Home Edition on my laptop. I want to install the old
Microsoft Entertainment Pack v1.0, but everytime I launch setup, it comes
back with the error message: "Could Not Open the File named: C:
VBRUN100.DLL. I have the origional disks and have never had troupble
installing it on previous PCs (which also runn XP HE). Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Chuck]

VBRUN100.DLL is the runtime for visual basic, and a fairly old version. It's
likely not present on your system.
http://www.2think.org/dll/vbrun.shtml Is a possible source for various
vbrun vesions.

I am running XP Home Edition on my laptop. I want to install the old
Microsoft Entertainment Pack v1.0, but everytime I launch setup, it comes
back with the error message: "Could Not Open the File named: C:
VBRUN100.DLL. I have the origional disks and have never had troupble
installing it on previous PCs (which also runn XP HE). Anyone have any

ideas?

 

[PA Bear]

Was SP2 installed on the other WinXP machines?

See
http://groups.google.com/groups?q="...=0&scoring=d&hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&num=10

 

[Kerry Brown]

I am running XP Home Edition on my laptop. I want to install the old
Microsoft Entertainment Pack v1.0, but everytime I launch setup, it comes
back with the error message: "Could Not Open the File named: C:
VBRUN100.DLL. I have the origional disks and have never had troupble
installing it on previous PCs (which also runn XP HE). Anyone have any
ideas?

That is a very old software package. It may not work with Windows XP. The
missing file is the run time libraries for Visual Basic 1.0. Try a Google
search for many places to download the file.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=VBRUN100.DLL&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Kerry

 

[Guest]

Yes, SP2 is on both the PC and the laptop.

Cher

Was SP2 installed on the other WinXP machines?

See
http://groups.google.com/groups?q="...=0&scoring=d&hl=en&lr=lang_en&safe=off&num=10

 

[Guest]

Kerry

The file is there. The error mesage says it could not open it. I
downloaded a new 'vbrun100.ddl' file from the net and substituted it for the
one on the disc, but it made no difference. I can't figure out why it can't
read/open it.

Cher

 

[Guest]

Chuck

I have the file on the game pack disc. For some reason the setup can't read
or open it. I don't know if a newer version (vbrun200.dll, 300.dll??) can
substitute for the original.

Cher

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Kerry

The file is there.

Where is it? Put it in \windows\system32.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I have the file on the game pack disc. For some reason the
setup
can't read or open it. I don't know if a newer version
(vbrun200.dll, 300.dll??) can substitute for the original.

No, they can't be used. They are version specific. You need
vbrun100.dll for Visual Basic 1 programs, vbrun200.dll for Visual
Basic 2 programs, etc.

 

[Guest]

The vbrun100.dll file is one of the software files on the Entertainment Pack
disk. I tried putting the file in Windows/System folder; no go.

Re: "Please reply to the newsgroup" I'm new to user groups. I just hit
reply. Is there something else I should be doing?

 

[Ken Blake]

In

The vbrun100.dll file is one of the software files on the
Entertainment Pack disk. I tried putting the file in
Windows/System
folder; no go.

Try it in \windows\system32. No guarantee it will work, though.
Such an old program might not work in Windows XP.

Re: "Please reply to the newsgroup" I'm new to user groups. I
just
hit reply. Is there something else I should be doing?

You're using the Microsoft web interface to post here, and
hitting Reply apparently posts to the newsgroup (unlike Outlook
Express, for example, where "Reply" sends a personal E-mail).
That's fine; I was just asking you not to try to send me a
personal E-mail message (my return address isn't a real one).

By the way, you might want to consider *not* using the web
interface--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method
there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as
Outlook Express, which comes with Windows.
See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[David Candy]

Is the error listed in the first post vebatim.
"Could Not Open the File named: C:VBRUN100.DLL.

IE it says above and not (look before the V)
"Could Not Open the File named: C:\VBRUN100.DLL.

Where exactly are all these files. If you type in Start Run
cmd /k path

what does it say? (right click title bar to mark then copy text - note this is not the windows way of selecting but old dos way)