Re: Directory Name is Invalid error

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Thanks, Greg. You may need to contact Microsoft PSS, then, if peer support
isn't of any assistance. If Norton 360 is also doing this, then Office
isn't likely the issue, either, and perhaps it's related to the operating
system.

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"Greg" <Greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Susan,
There is nothing sinister like scratched disk etc. I t's like we all
explained, no matter where the exe file is located and you try to execute
the
file a message comes up saying that where the file is located is invalid
and
will not execute. You can copy the file to a CD and it tells me that the
disk
location is invalid. I have Ultimate also and I'm not sure that is an
inherent problem with Ultimate. Mine started yesterday and nothing I did
yesterday was out of the ordinary. I was trying to install Microsoft
All-in-One after downloading it from Microsoft website. I thought it was
just
that particular software so I went to Norton 360 and downloaded that and
it
did the same thing telling me that the directory is invalid. I'm not able
to
install any programs. I did a restore and that did not fix it. Please
don't
read anything more into it than it is.

Thanks for the help.
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Greg H.


"Susan Ramlet" wrote:

One more thing--are you running as administrator? That is, you have
access
to all portions of the hard drive?

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"Susan Ramlet" <susan@mvps-dot-org> wrote in message
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Hi, Manuel,

It sounds like a similar error, but the error message you are reporting
is
different from the original poster. Could you post the text of the
popup
windows? For example, the first one that asks you to browse for a
file.
What message does it give you?

I would originally think you have a dirty or scratched CD, but the fact
that you tried to install from a hard drive copy, as well as a
different
clean Vista system, makes me think you may need to contact Product
Support
to resolve the issue. Are the two Vista systems identical? Do you
have a
Windows XP system to try the installation on, just out of curiosity?

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"Manuel Rodriguez" <Manuel Rodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in
message news:AED7F58B-B004-4200-BA48-529E9D4A275D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have just the same problem here. My copy of Office Ultimate 2007 is
legitimate and bought it from CompUSA. Every time I ran the setup
program
from DVD, a pop-up windows appears asking me to browse for a file that
supposedly setup cannot find. I browse thru the designated folder and
the
next thing that appears is a pop-up record indicating "Invalid
Location".
I
go thru the Windows Explorer and I see the file and even I open it
with
no
problem. The strange thing is that everytime I ran the setup, a
diffent
notification of appears for a different file that setup cannot find. I
copied
the setup files to hard disk and ran setup with the same sintoms as
described. I even tried setup with another freshly installed Vista
system
with 32 bit.

Please advise on what needs to be done to resolve this issue.

"Need Assitance!" wrote:

I just purchased a new HP computer with windows vista. When I went
to
install my other new purchase; a copy of Office Ultimate 2007 I get
the
following error.

"Directory Name is Invalid"

It's not looking good for our hero! If someone would be so kind as
to
clue
me in on how to resolve this issue I would appreciate it.








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