Microsoft KB Archive/112665

= UPDATE.EXE Starts Setup Help If Space Exists in Directory Path =

Article ID: 112665

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q112665



SUMMARY
If you run UPDATE.EXE (from any Service Pack) in a directory in which the complete path name includes a space or long directory name, instead of running UPDATE.EXE, a screen explaining the SETUP.EXE command-line options appears.



MORE INFORMATION
When you run UPDATE.EXE, it calls Windows NT SETUP.EXE with some command- line parameters. If a space exists in the directory name or the directory name is a long directory name, the Setup screen titled "Usage" (which explains the Microsoft Setup command-line options) appears. SETUP.EXE does not parse the command line properly if a space exists in the directory name of the parameters passed to it. For example, if you have a directory called "C:\FILES\NT FILES\SPACK" or "C:\FILES\NTFILESFORSPACK\SPACK", and you place the update files in the SPACK directory and then run UPDATE.EXE, you receive the above error.



RESOLUTION
Move the Service Pack files to a directory path that does not include a space or long directory name.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Service Packs for Windows NT versions 3.1 and 3.5 and Windows NT Service Pack 1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt CSD ldn lfn file

Keywords: kbusage KB112665

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