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Prinergy 4.0.2.0 fails to install or upgrade and reports a pywintypes.api_error message


Product

 

Kodak® Prinergy® Connect™, version 4.0.2.0

Operating system

 

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server


Error

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Creo\Araxi\Settings\Default\YSVR\YSVR_RetrievePriorityComment
18-Feb-2008 11:41:38 ERROR: Update Prinergy Update 4.0.2.0 e installation failed! ***
18-Feb-2008 11:41:38 ERROR: Cause: pywintypes.api_error (2, 'RegOpenKeyEx', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
.....


Symptoms

 

The Prinergy 4.0.2.0 upgrade fails with the above error.


Cause

 

The Creo key is missing from the registry at HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NTMS\OMID\Tape\Creo.


Solution

 

  1. Save the attached Creo registry key to your hard drive.
  2. Select Start > Run and type regedit.
  3. In the Registry Editor, locate \\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NTMS\OMID\Tape\.
  4. Select File > Import, locate the new Creo registry key, and click Open.
  5. After the registry key is imported, right-click Creo.
  6. For the Path value, ensure that the correct location of the CreoWfsMLL.dll file appears:
    %SystemRoot%\system32\CreoWfsMLL.dll
  7. Close the Registry Editor.

  8. The 4.0.2.0 installation should now work.


Keywords

 

installation, registry, upgrades


Technical contact(s)
  Amy Chan
Submitted by
  Plamen Marinov
Date submitted
 

19 Feb 2008


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