Q136091

• Microsoft Access 97
• Microsoft Access for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
• Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run an administrative installation (Setup /a) of one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive the following error message when you change the destination folder for the program

The specified folder:

'<path>'

is invalid, incomplete, too long, or write-protected. Enter a full path with the drive letter; for example 'C:\APPS'.

CAUSE

This error message appears when you change the destination for the administrative installation to one of the following:

• a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path


-or-


• a path that contains a long folder name


-or-


• a path with a folder name that contains a space character

\\server\share\Msoffice

-or-

f:\Office 95

RESOLUTION

To avoid receiving this error message when you perform an administrative installation, enter a destination that uses a drive letter and 8.3 folder names. The following examples are valid destinations for an administrative installation:

f:\Msoffice

-or-

f:\Word95

Additional query words: 2.00 3.00 8.00 OFF7 xl7 95 97 off97

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Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbAccessSearch