ERROR

An error has occurred in the application. Record the call stack sequence and the description of the error.

Last Published: March 2, 2021

Error Message

Note:
This article pertains to ArcGIS versions 9.x only. Later versions of ArcGIS may contain different functionality, as well as different names and locations for menus, commands and geoprocessing tools.

When installing ArcGIS 9.0 the following error may occur:

Error: 
"An error has occurred in the application. Record the call stack sequence and the description of the error.

Error Call Stack Sequence 

setStrLanguages PublicVariables.bas Line : 578 

Error Number 53 

Description: File not found"

Cause

Alta4 Image Mapper for ArcGIS 8.3 was not completely removed before installing ArcGIS 9.0.

Solution or Workaround

Follow these steps to completely remove necessary ArcGIS 8.3 programs before reinstalling ArcGIS 9.0.

  1. Uninstall Alta4 ImageMapper.
  2. Uninstall all components of ArcGIS 9.0 and ArcGIS 8.3 if they exist. These programs include: ArcGIS Desktop, ESRI Crystal Reports, ArcObjects Developer Kit, and ESRI Tutorial Data.
  3. Delete the ArcGIS directory from C:\ArcGIS and C:\Program Files\ArcGIS if they exist.
  4. Reboot.
  5. Reinstall ArcGIS 9.0.

Article ID: 000006911

Software:
  • ArcMap 9 x

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