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The following are answers to common questions in the Microsoft FrontPage Client Newsgroup:

Upgrading from FrontPage 1.1 to 97

1. Backup your system!
2. Run the FrontPage Server Administrator (in \Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage), and click on the "Uninstall" button to uninstall the server extensions.
3. Reboot your system.
4. Run the FrontPage 97 installation (personally, I skipped using MS PWS).

Upgrading from the Beta of Frontpage to FrontPage 97 (release)

1. Backup your system!
2. Run the FrontPage Server Administrator (in \Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage), and click on the "Uninstall" button to uninstall the server extensions.
3. Uninstall FrontPage 97 Beta using the My Computer, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
4. Reboot the system to make sure no FP DLL's were in use.
5. Erase FP*.* from C:\WINDOWS and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

   NOTE: Please do a dir on FP*.* first to make sure you know what you are deleting ;-) The files should be mostly prefixed with FP20.

6. Make sure to remove (if it was not done in the installation) your Server\Conf directory (usually located in FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf).
7. Erase the FrontPage Program Folder (most likely in Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage.
8. Run RegClean or some time of Registry Orphan Checker (I use the one in Remove It for Windows 95 most often than not).
9. Reboot the system.
10. Check if you have Frontpg.ini in your C:\WINDOWS directory; if you do have it, delete it. Same with FPExplor.ini in C:\WINDOWS.
11. Place your FrontPage 1.1 diskette #1 in your floppy drive (I found out the hard way you don't have to reinstall the whole thing).
12. Run the FrontPage 97 installation (personally, I skipped using MS PWS).
13. When the hard drive location fails to find your FrontPage 1.1 installed, use "Locate" to tell it your floppy drive, and you can continue from there.

Upgrading from FrontPage 97 to FrontPage 98 (Release)

Install the upgrade version of Microsoft FrontPage 98

Upgrading from 98 Beta to 98 (Release)

1. Uninstall the Microsoft FrontPage 98 Beta from your machine.
2. Reinstall either Microsoft FrontPage 97 or Microsoft FrontPage 1.1.
3. Install the upgrade version of Microsoft FrontPage 98.

Additional Resources:
  When to Use FrontPage Personal Web Server Versus Microsoft PWS
  How to Upgrade the FrontPage Server Extensions
  Err msg: No Server on Port <Port Number> at '<Server Name>'

--Peter Abraham