MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing on a mapped drive Ralf Abramowitsch <ralf.abramowitsch[ at ]googlemail.com> 11/26/2008 2:02:47 PM Hi, I'm trying to install my product on a mapped drive on my test machine. During the file copy operation the installation process is interrupted by MSI error 1320: "The specified path is too long: ". The dialog shows two options: Retry and Cancel. The mapped drive was created using the subst command. So I substituted my c:\tmp\installer_test\ folder by y: subst y: c:\tmp\installer_test So if I choose y:\program files\my product as destination I'll get this MSI error 1320. Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be? Is this a bug in MSI? Does anyone know a workaround? Any help would be appreciated. Best regards, Ralf

RE: MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing o PassPlay 11/26/2008 9:48:01 PM It may not be a problem with the path truly being to long once the application file structure is calculated along with your map, or it wants to install from a local drive Two options you may try: 1) burn the install to CD 2) shorten the install map if the install is located in c:\mystuff\installs\app Map y: all the way to \app now your "setup.exe" should be on the root of Y:\setup.exe "Ralf Abramowitsch" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I'm trying to install my product on a mapped drive on my test machine. > During the file copy operation the installation process is interrupted > by MSI error 1320: "The specified path is too long: ". The dialog > shows two options: Retry and Cancel. > > The mapped drive was created using the subst command. So I substituted > my c:\tmp\installer_test\ folder by y: > > subst y: c:\tmp\installer_test > > So if I choose y:\program files\my product as destination I'll get > this MSI error 1320. > > Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be? Is this a bug in > MSI? Does anyone know a workaround? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Best regards, > Ralf >

Re: MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing on a mapped drive "Adrian Accinelli" <hclnospamalias3[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 11/26/2008 11:46:59 PM "Ralf Abramowitsch" <ralf.abramowitsch[ at ]googlemail.com> wrote in message news:58536fe2-c3a0-4b35-8e28-8600ef3f42dd[ at ]x14g2000yqk.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > I'm trying to install my product on a mapped drive on my test machine. > During the file copy operation the installation process is interrupted > by MSI error 1320: "The specified path is too long: ". The dialog > shows two options: Retry and Cancel. > The mapped drive was created using the subst command. So I substituted > my c:\tmp\installer_test\ folder by y: > subst y: c:\tmp\installer_test > So if I choose y:\program files\my product as destination I'll get > this MSI error 1320. > Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be? Is this a bug in > MSI? Does anyone know a workaround? > Any help would be appreciated. > Best regards, > Ralf You can't install using SUBST'd drives. Windows Installer does not recognize dos names. Google for the exact reason if you are interested but otherwise just don't try it. Instead use: net use y: \\YOURMACHINE\C$\tmp\installer_test I've done this many times for simulating "first network drive" in administrative image testing. Sincerely, Adrian Accinelli

Re: MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing o Ralf Abramowitsch <ralf.abramowitsch[ at ]googlemail.com> 12/1/2008 10:27:21 AM Hi, thanks for your reply! [Quoted Text] > 2) shorten the install map > if the install is located in c:\mystuff\installs\app > Map y: all the way to \app > now your "setup.exe" should be on the root of Y:\setup.exe I tried to workaround but without success. I copied the setup.exe and the MSI-file to the root of the mapped drive. After starting the installer from the mapped drive, I'm getting the error message "Error 1305. Error reading from file y:\xxxx.msi. System error 1008. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it." [Retry] / [Cancel]. (I copied the message from the logfile). Any other idea? Best regards, Ralf

Re: MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing o "Adrian Accinelli" <hclnospamalias3[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 12/1/2008 4:07:13 PM "Ralf Abramowitsch" <ralf.abramowitsch[ at ]googlemail.com> wrote in message news:ebc47bb8-1fed-4261-b4ae-3fe56fdae6a5[ at ]h5g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > thanks for your reply! >> 2) shorten the install map >> if the install is located in c:\mystuff\installs\app >> Map y: all the way to \app >> now your "setup.exe" should be on the root of Y:\setup.exe > I tried to workaround but without success. I copied the setup.exe and > the MSI-file to the root of the mapped drive. After starting the > installer from the mapped drive, I'm getting the error message "Error > 1305. Error reading from file y:\xxxx.msi. System error 1008. Verify > that the file exists and that you can access it." [Retry] / [Cancel]. > (I copied the message from the logfile). > Any other idea? > Best regards, > Ralf Are you using net use or subst in order to create your "mapped" drive? See my other post about subst not working. If you are using net use then likely it's some form of ACL restriction - try using process monitor during your MSI startup and see what accesses are made at the file level. You can correlate that against ACL list to see what could be wrong. Sincerely, Adrian Accinelli

Re: MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing o Ralf Abramowitsch <ralf.abramowitsch[ at ]googlemail.com> 12/2/2008 10:21:39 AM Hi Adrian, thanks for your reply. Good idea! Maybe this afternoon I'll try to locate the subst problem with the process monitor. Thanks for the hint! I'll post my results here. Best regards, Ralf

Re: MSI Error 1320: "The specified path is too long" when installing o Dennis Bareis <dbareis[ at ]newsgroup.nospam> 12/3/2008 6:16:46 AM Hi, On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 02:21:39 -0800 (PST), Ralf Abramowitsch <ralf.abramowitsch[ at ]googlemail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hi Adrian, >Good idea! Maybe this afternoon I'll try to locate the > subst problem I think Adrian's point was if you are using subst then that IS your problem. >with the process monitor. Thanks for the hint! Very useful tool that. Bye, Dennis Dennis Bareis [Microsoft MVP] (dbareis[ at ]KillSpam.gmail.com) http://dennisbareis.com/ Freeware Windows Installer creation tool (+ "ORCA automation"): http://makemsi.dennisbareis.com/