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Setup for VS.Net 2003

OK, I have Windows 2000 & Visual Studio 2003. I have a project to which I
have added the setup wizard. I build the wizard and it outputs my MSI file.

Problem, when I try to install the MSI, I get an error telling me that the
path "." is not valid. Any one know what the problem is?

When I installed Windows and VS I just put "." as the name and as the
company name. This is the only thing that I can think is related. So, I
went through the registry and changed this but still not working.

--

Daniel
MCSE, MCP+I, MCP in Windows 2000/NT

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Nov 21 '05 #1
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"Daniel" <gr****@madridmadridsoleado.com> schrieb:
OK, I have Windows 2000 & Visual Studio 2003. I have a project to which I
have added the setup wizard. I build the wizard and it outputs my MSI
file.

Problem, when I try to install the MSI, I get an error telling me that the
path "." is not valid. Any one know what the problem is?

When I installed Windows and VS I just put "." as the name and as the
company name. This is the only thing that I can think is related. So, I
went through the registry and changed this but still not working.


You can try to change the setup project's 'Manufacturer' property. Setup
will create a folder consisting of "%%PROGRAMFILES%\<Manufacturer name>", if
the manufacturer name is "." the folder cannot be created because "." is not
a valid folder name.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #2
Thanks! Where can I change this property?

--

Daniel
MCSE, MCP+I, MCP in Windows 2000/NT

--------------------------------------
remove the 2nd madrid from my mail address to contact me.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:Oc**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
"Daniel" <gr****@madridmadridsoleado.com> schrieb:
OK, I have Windows 2000 & Visual Studio 2003. I have a project to which
I have added the setup wizard. I build the wizard and it outputs my MSI
file.

Problem, when I try to install the MSI, I get an error telling me that
the path "." is not valid. Any one know what the problem is?

When I installed Windows and VS I just put "." as the name and as the
company name. This is the only thing that I can think is related. So, I
went through the registry and changed this but still not working.


You can try to change the setup project's 'Manufacturer' property. Setup
will create a folder consisting of "%%PROGRAMFILES%\<Manufacturer name>",
if the manufacturer name is "." the folder cannot be created because "."
is not a valid folder name.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #3
"Daniel" <gr****@madridmadridsoleado.com> schrieb:
Thanks! Where can I change this property?


Untested: Select the setup project and change the value of its
'Manufacturer' property. Maybe this is sufficient.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #4
Worked perfect, thanks.

--

Daniel
MCSE, MCP+I, MCP in Windows 2000/NT

--------------------------------------
remove the 2nd madrid from my mail address to contact me.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:Om**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
"Daniel" <gr****@madridmadridsoleado.com> schrieb:
Thanks! Where can I change this property?


Untested: Select the setup project and change the value of its
'Manufacturer' property. Maybe this is sufficient.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #5

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