Err Msg: Unable to Open the Report File .\~cabpack.rpt

• Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit, version 3.2a

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) Wizard, you may receive the following error message:

   Unable to open the report file '.\~cabpack.rpt'

   Cannot create or replace Autorun.inf. Access is denied.

CAUSE

1. When you run the IEAK Wizard, you are given the option to include custom files. If you add any file that has the same name as a name on the following list, you will receive an error while building the distributable files. When the Wizard tries to create the customized version of the file, you will receive the errors listed at the beginning of this article.

   The following files are used internally by the Setup mechanism for Internet Explorer and the IEAK, and should not be used as optional component file names:

         Iedkcs32.dll
         Install.exe
         Install.ins
         Iexplore.inf
         Activex.inf
         Addons.inf
         Iexplore.cab
         Infinst.exe
         Inst16.dll
         Inst32.dll
   

   -or-

2. This same error message also occurs if the user is including any custom executable to be installed along with IE and the executable is located in the same directory as the custom files.

RESOLUTION

1. Do not include optional components that have the same names as those files on the list of reserved file names above.

   -or-

2. Move the custom executable to its own directory before running the IEAK Wizard.