PowerPoint: Setup Can Only Create the Last Directory
PSS ID Number: Q102637
Article last modified on 09-15-1993
PSS database name: W_PowerPt

3.00

WINDOWS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When installing PowerPoint 3.0, you may get an error message advising:

   The path you typed contains a directory which does not exist. Setup 
   can only create the last directory in the path.

This error message dialog box includes only one button: Continue.

MORE INFORMATION
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This message appears when all of the following three circumstances are
met:

1. PowerPoint Setup Disk 1 has been previously initialized or used to 
   install PowerPoint.

2. You are attempting to install to a directory that is not a 
   subdirectory of an existing directory but is instead two levels down 
   from the original subdirectory's path.

3. PowerPoint Setup Disk 1 is write protected.

RESOLUTION
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You can successfully avoid this error message in either of the following
ways:

1. Remove the write protection on PowerPoint Setup Disk 1.

2. Restart the Setup program and install to a directory that exists or
   is a subdirectory of a directory that exists.

Additional reference words: 3.00 notch tab default err msg

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