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simondeutsch
Aged Yak Warrior
547 Posts |
 Posted - 2003-01-02 : 11:58:27
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| HiyaI am having a prob installing MSDE by running MSDEX86.exe (redist version) on an XP Pro machine. The files get unpacked, and then I get an error "Invalid file path..." with some long silly path like "C:\Docume~1\Sarah\Loca~1\Temp\pft8~tmp\Setup\Setup.iss". I have tried calling it like this:D:\Msdex86.exe -s -f1 "C:\Setup.iss" with Setup.iss being a file I created on the disk, but I still get this error.Sarah Berger MCSD |
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Doug G
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
331 Posts |
Posted - 2003-01-03 : 15:11:49
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| I remember similar problems when I installed MSDE1 on XP. It seems to me I put the installation file and .iss file in a short < 8 character folder off the root of the drive and installed everything from there.There is a install log file in your windows directory that may shed some light on the problem. I don't remember the name, but there is a MS KB article on how to determine when the MSDE installation is completed that gives it's name.I have subsequently gone to MSDE2000 via Windows Installer, which is much easier :)======Doug G====== |
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jasper_smith
SQL Server MVP & SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2003-01-03 : 18:00:59
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| [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q238232[/url]d:\MSDEx86.exe -s -a -f1 "C:\Setup.iss" should do it.HTHJasper Smith |
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Can't Install MSDEX86.exe on Win XP Pro