As part of the installation process, the Manager program needs to write information about network settings to files eurotalk.ini and teacher.ini in the student and teacher folders respectively. If this information is missing, the programs give this error.

The most likely reason for this error is a permissions problem during installation – the Manager program needs write access to the student and teacher directories, and if it doesn’t have this, you may get this error. In this case the best thing to do is as follows:

1. Uninstall EuroTalk Network Manager using Control Panel. Do not select any options to remove shared directories, databases or site information unless you really want to do this!
2. Check that the student and teacher folders are write enabled (they can be write-protected again later).
3. Repeat the installation and try again.

Alternatively, you can try and fix the problem without uninstalling:

1. Temporarily write-enable the student and teacher folders.
2. In the Manager program, select Project / Options, then the Directories tab.
3. Check that the Student and Teacher directory locations are set correctly – if not, put them to where they should be, and select OK.
4. Alternatively, temporarily set the Student and Teacher directory locations to a temporary location, and click OK. Now open the Options dialog again, and put them back to where they should be. This should regenerate the missing files!