This article contains information about the limitations in
the lengths of the Setup path when you install SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Beta 2 Tech Refresh.
After you download SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Beta 2 Tech Refresh, you must extract the files that are contained in the
SPS2003Beta2TR.exe package to a folder on your hard disk before you can run the
Autorun.exe file or the Setup.exe file to install SharePoint Portal Server 2003
Beta 2 Tech Refresh. This article discusses the maximum number of characters
that can be contained in the path of the folder where you extracted the
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta 2 Tech Refresh files to, and where you run
either Autorun.exe or Setup.exe from.
The following lists the maximum number of characters that
can be contained in the path of the Autorun.exe and Setup.exe files:
- If you install SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta 2 Tech
Refresh by using Autorun.exe, the maximum number of characters that can be
contained in the path of the Autorun.exe file that is located in the root of
the folder where you extracted the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta2Tech
Refresh files to is 100 characters. If the path of the Autorun.exe file is
longer than 100 characters, copy the files to a folder that has a path that is
less than 100 characters, and then run Autorun.exe from that folder.
- If you install SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta 2 Tech
Refresh by using Setup.exe, the maximum number of characters that can be
contained in the path of the Setup.exe file that is located in the root of the
folder where you extracted the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta 2 Tech
Refresh files to is 139 characters. If the path of the Setup.exe file is longer
than 139 characters, copy the files to a folder that has a path that is less
than 139 characters, and then run Setup.exe from that folder.
If the number of characters in the path of the Autorun.exe file
is longer than 100 characters, or if the number of characters in the path of
the Setup.exe file is longer than 139, you may receive an error message that is
similar to one of the following when you install SharePoint Portal Server or
SharePoint Portal Server optional components:
ERROR_INVALID_PRODUCT_PATH
Path to the Setup.exe
file
-or-
Could Not Find Settings
INI file
-or-
Could not read information for
file [3]
-or-
Could not locate file, please
insert the SharePoint Portal Server CD or point to the location
To
resolve this issue, copy the files to a folder that has a path that is less
than 100 characters or less than 139 characters (as appropriate), and then run
either Autorun.exe or Setup.exe (as appropriate) from that folder.
For more information about how to deploy, configure, and
administer SharePoint Portal Server, see the
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide. The
Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administration Guide (Administrator's Help.chm) is located in the Docs folder in the
root folder that contains the extracted SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Beta 2
Tech Refresh files.
For more information about SharePoint Portal
Server, visit the following Microsoft Web site: