Unable to Update Driver With Files in the Root Folder (216930)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q216930

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use the Update Device Driver wizard to update a driver and you click Other Locations to browse to a folder, you may be unable to click OK, or you may receive the following error message:
The selected location does not contain an updated driver for your device.

To continue using your current driver, click Finish. To search for an updated driver manually, click Other Locations. Or to begin the automatic search again, click Back.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if you are trying to browse to an updated driver file that is located in the root folder of your local hard disk, or the root folder of a mapped network drive. Note that this behavior does not occur if the file is in the root folder of drive C.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, move the updated driver files from the root folder to a different folder, or the root folder of drive C before you try to use the Update Device Driver wizard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/20/2004
Keywords:kberrmsg kbHardware kbprb KB216930
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