5185 Error When Installing Through a RDP (Remote Desktop) Session

The Abacus program requires installation on the server. Generally, you will be at the server machine during the install, however you can install it through a RDP session. During the install the program will crash with a 5185 error message. This is because you are trying to run the program through a remote connection while the Remote server hasn’t been initialized.

1. In order to fix this, after you get this error you will need to open the My Computer icon.
2. Browse to the root Abacus folder, proceed to open the \Abacus\vXX\Programs folder (where XX = version number of Abacus).
3. Find ads.ini located in the programs folder and open it.
   
    
   
   
4. At the top of the document add the following lines (without the quotations):
   • “[Settings]”
   • “mtier_local_connections=1”
     
     
     
     
5. Once that is added, close and save the document. You can then continue with the install process.