Microsoft KB Archive/309282

= PRB: Error &quot;The System Cannot Find the Path Specified&quot; When You Install an MSI File =

Article ID: 309282

Article Last Modified on 5/28/2003

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft COM+ 1.0, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional  Microsoft COM+ 1.5, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional</li></ul> </li></ul>

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This article was previously published under Q309282

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to install an .msi file, you may receive the following error message in the System event log:

DCOM got error &quot;The system cannot find the path specified.

&quot; attempting to start the service MSIServer with arguments &quot;

&quot; in order to run the server:

{000C101C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

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CAUSE
This error can occur when the ImagePath registry key does not point to the correct location of Msiexec.exe.

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RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps: <ol> From the Start menu, click Run, type regedt32.exe, and then click OK to open Registry Editor.</li> Locate the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSIServer

</li> Make sure the ImagePath key has the following value:

C:\WINNT\system32\msiexec.exe /V

</li> After changing this value, make sure that the Windows Installer NT service is started.</li></ol>

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