Microsoft KB Archive/252646

= MOD2000: "This Is an Invalid Command Line Option" Error When You Install MOD from a Shared CD-ROM Drive That Has a Space in Its Name =

Article ID: 252646

Article Last Modified on 4/28/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q252646





SYMPTOMS
When you try to run Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Setup from a mapped network CD-ROM, you may receive the following error message:

Setup Error 530

This is an invalid command line option:

ROM\/n "" /o "" /k "1121111111"



CAUSE
You are trying to run Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Setup from a mapped network CD-ROM drive that has a space in its share name, for example, "CD ROM."



RESOLUTION
Change the share name to a name that does not have a space, such as CDROM.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
For this scenario, you need two computers: a Microsoft Windows 98 First Edition computer, and a Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition computer.


 * 1) On the first computer, install Microsoft Windows 98 First Edition with a typical installation.
 * 2) On a second computer, install Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition with a typical installation.
 * 3) On the second computer (the Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition computer), right click the CD-ROM drive, and then click Sharing.
 * 4) For the share name, type CD ROM, including the space.
 * 5) Click Apply.
 * 6) Click Yes to give user permissions to the share.
 * 7) On the first computer (the one with Microsoft Windows 98 First Edition), install Microsoft Office 2000.
 * 8) On the second computer (the Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition computer), place the Microsoft Office 2000 Developer CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
 * 9) On the first computer, map to the shared CD-ROM drive by right-clicking Network Neighborhood and typing the appropriate path, for example, \\computername\CD ROM.
 * 10) On the first computer, open My Computer. Open the newly-mapped drive letter.
 * 11) Double-click Setup.exe.
 * 12) Click Next.
 * 13) Accept the End-User License Agreement, and then click Next.
 * 14) Type a valid product identification number.
 * 15) Type your name and the company name. Click Next.
 * 16) Make sure that Install Microsoft Office Developer VBA Tools is selected.
 * 17) Click Next.

Note that you receive the error message mentioned at the beginning of this article.

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