From: Bob Crispen (bob.crispen_at_boeing.com)
Date: 16 February 2004
Found this news:usCnnWA7DHA.2300_at_TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl in microsoft.public.windowsme.setup:
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Subject: Re: %1 from %2
From: "Mike M" <No_Spam_at_Corned_Beef.Only>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due to the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is the limit (2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder using the FAT32 filing system. This can also lead to the "Cannot upgrade file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try deleting the _RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore checkpoints you might have (not that I think they are now usable) and see if that solves the problem. [BTW do you have any Symantec applications installed? I ask because LiveUpdate is implicated in this problem.] Delete the folder as follows: a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with (or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be available. b) At the DOS A:\> prompt, type:
ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST
c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC
Another problem though is that the update you were doing was probably never completed so your system may still be unusable. If however it does manage to boot then
e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created. g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder:System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints to be available although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
-- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby_at_hotmail.com Kelly Lowe <klowe_at_neo.rr.com> wrote:
> I am receiving the error message "Windows could not upgrade the file %1
> from %2
> %1 %2"
>
> I found Knowledge Base article 283069, which told me to find the
> "wininit.ini" file and rename it.
>
> This file does not exist (on my computer).
>
> Where might I find it?
> What might I do if/when I do find it?
>
> (FYI: problem started with most recent DirectX update and I now get the
> same error message for all updates (most recently Explorer 6 security
> patch).
>
> Thanks - I can be emailed off line at lowekf_at_muc.edu or post to the group.
-= END forwarded message =- -- Bob Crispen bob dot crispen at boeing dot com Something must be done. This is something. Therefore it must be done.
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