RunMin.exe does not succeed when removing Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client (816879)

SYMPTOMS

When you remove the Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client, you may receive the following error message:

RunMin.exe Failure

CreateProcess failed for "%SNAROOT%\delnamespace.exe" microsofthis, Returned Error Code: 2

You receive this error only when you remove a Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client that was installed without the SNA Manager feature.

Note This problem can also occur when removing a "nodeless" installation of Host Integration Server 2000 that was installed without the SNA Manager feature.

CAUSE

If the SNA Manager feature is not selected during the installation of the Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client, the Delnamespace.exe program is not copied to the %SNAROOT% directory. The Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client Windows Installer package (HiAdmin.msi) incorrectly tries to remove Delnamespace.exe, even though it does not exist. This results in the error message described in "Symptoms".

The Host Integration Server 2000 Windows Installer package (HiServer.msi) exhibits the same behavior when removing a "nodeless" install of Host Integration Server 2000 if SNA Manager is not installed.

RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328152 How to obtain the latest service pack for Host Integration Server 2000

Hotfix information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time    Size        File name
   --------------------------------------------------
   14-Mar-2003  16:46   27,930,624  HiAdmin.msi

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.

MORE INFORMATION

Updated Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client Windows Installer:

Installs the released version of the Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client.
Does not include Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client.
After you install the Host Integration Server 2000 Administrator Client using the updated Windows Installer package, you can apply SP1.