Great Greetings: Invalid Path Error Message
  
PSS ID Number: Q132076
Article last modified on 10-27-1995
 
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WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bob, version 1.0
 - Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.x
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SUMMARY
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You may receive an error message similar to the following when starting Bob
Great Greetings:
 
   Oops something is wrong! I have to stop making your card now.
   Problem was - "isn't a valid path" when starting Great Greetings
 
MORE INFORMATION
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This message occurs if your "SET TEMP" or "SET TMP" statement
points to an invalid directory. To verify these settings, follow the
steps outlined below:
 
1. From the Main Group of Windows Program Manager, click the MS-DOS
   Prompt icon.
 
2. At the command prompt, type the word "set" (without the quotation
   marks) and press ENTER.
 
3. Locate the "set temp=" setting and note the location it is pointing
   to and proceed to step 4. If a "temp=" setting does not exist, edit
   the AUTOEXEC.BAT file with a text editor, add the following line,
   then proceed to step 4:
 
      SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
 
4. At the MS-DOS command prompt, type "exit" (without the quotation
   marks) and press ENTER to return to Windows.
 
5. From the Main Group, start File Manager.
 
6. Locate the TEMP directory you identified in step 3. If it does not
   exist, create it. To do this, from the File menu, choose Create
   Directory. In the Name box, type the complete path as noted in step
   3 and choose OK.
 
7. Close File Manager.
 
8. Exit Windows.
 
9. Restart your computer.
 
KBCategory: Kbusage kberrmsg kbprb
KBSubcategory: B_Greetings
 
Additional reference words: w_bob
 
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