Ice 3.4.1 Install Problem "Path too long"

Dany2901

Hi,

I wanted to install Ice 3.4.1 on my Windows XP SP3 computer. However, during installation an error occur : "The specified path is too long : C:\Program Files". It occurs regardless of the installation path length or name... And regardless of the drive letter (C, D, E...) !
I already did this installation on another computer without any problem.
There is one particularity on my system, Windows is installed on drive E.
Also without the command "subst c: e:\" the install wizard refuses to start.

I searched on these forums and the Internet but without success.
Note : this problem seems to occur only with 3.4.x versions.

Have you any idea to solve this problem ?

dwayne

Sounds like the installer does not work properly when Windows is not installed on the C: drive. We will see if we can figure out the issue. In the meantime I suggest that you manually copy the Ice installation over from one of your other machines where you were able to install Ice. Thanks for the report.

Dany2901

Thanks for your answer. I will patiently wait for the installer's update. In the meantime I will use a copy of a valid installation.
Good luck! And thanks again.

lmtanco

Ice 3.4.1 Install problem "'Program Files' contains an invalid character"

Hello there,

Being my Windows XP installed in H: (not C:), I get a similar error that says "The folder path 'Program Files' contains an invalid character".

This is, however, my first installation. Is there any workaround other than manually copying from a previous installation?

Many thanks in advance.

lmtanco

Fix for Ice 3.4.1 Install problem when

Hello everyone,

I managed a temporary fix to this:

Use Orca to edit the Ice-3.4.1.msi.

(You can download this utility from orca.zip - Windows Live. I've checked this with my virus software and it seems alright).

Whithin Orca, use "Edit>Find..." and look for all instances of "C:\". Manually edit this entries to wherever your Program Files folder (i.e. "D:\", "H:\") resides and re-save file.

Hope this helps.

dwayne

I am glad you found a work around. It of course should be unnecessary to to that and we will make sure that in the next Ice release the installer properly supports Windows not installed on C:.

Dany2901

It works perfectly! Thanks for the tip, Imtanco.