OFF95: "Invalid Folder" Error with Custom Install from Network

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run Microsoft Office Setup from a network server, and you perform a Custom installation, you may receive the following error message

The specified folder '< path>\' is invalid, incomplete, too
long, or write protected. Enter a full path with drive letter;
for example, 'C:\APPS'"

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you run Office Setup from a network server and you use the Use Source button for the location of one of the Office components. This button allows you to run an individual Office component from the network server, without running the other components from the server (as in a Run From Network Server installation).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you can use the Network Installation Wizard (NIW) version 1.1x and later.

The NIW is part of the Microsoft Office for Windows 95 Resource Kit. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q140619 OFF95: Contents of the MS Office for Windows 95 Resource Kit

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Keywords          : kbnetwork kbsetup offwin 
Version           : 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : 

Last Reviewed: June 3, 1999