Microsoft KB Archive/891353

= You receive a &quot;The folder could not be found&quot; error message when you click &quot;Browse&quot; to specify another operation system package location in the Image Installation Wizard in Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Service Pack 1 =

PSS ID Number: 891353

Article Last Modified on 4/20/2005

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 SP1

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), you try to manually deploy an image to a destination computer. To do this, you start the computer by using the Operating System Deployment (OSD) Feature Pack Image Installation CD.

In the OS Image Installation Wizard, on the Install an Operating System Package from another location page, you click Browse.

When this scenario occurs, you receive the following error message:

The folder could not be found. Right-click the icon, click Properties, and then check that the path to your target folder location is correct.

When you click OK, you receive the following error message:

It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or you network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location.

If you then try to locate the network path of the folder that contains the image by selecting it by using the Look in list, you again receive the following error message:

It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or you network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because when you click Browse, Windows tries to open your My Documents folder. If it cannot open your My Documents folder, it then tries to open your Desktop folder. However, when you try to manually deploy an image to a destination computer by using an image installation CD, no user profile is available.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
A Microsoft Windows user profile describes the Windows configuration for a specific user. The information that is stored in the profile includes the user's environment and preference settings. The user profile also contains configuration options that are specific to the user, such as installed programs, desktop icons, and color options. Windows builds the user profile from two sources. It uses Group Policy settings that define what a user has access to and what the user can and cannot change. It also uses permitted, saved changes that a user makes to customize that user's desktop.

Steps to reproduce the problem

 * 1) Use the SMS Administrator console to create an OS Image Installation CD.

For more information about how to create an OS Image Installation CD, see the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack User's Guide. This guide is located in the Setup Package folder of the SMS 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature Pack.
 * 1) Insert the OS Image Installation CD.
 * 2) Start the client computer to start the OS Image Installation Wizard.
 * 3) On the Welcome page, click Next.
 * 4) On the Operating System Image Selection page, click Install an Operating System Package from another location, and then click Next.
 * 5) On the Install an Operating System Package from another location page, click Browse.

Keywords: kbtshoot kbsetup kbSMSDistribution kbSMSFeaturePack kbSMSDeploy kbprb KB891353

Technology: kbSMS2003 kbSMS2003Search kbSMS2003SP1 kbSMSSearch

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