Microsoft KB Archive/102637

PowerPoint: Setup Can Only Create the Last Directory PSS ID Number: Q102637 Article last modified on 09-15-1993 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When installing PowerPoint 3.0, you may get an error message advising:

The path you typed contains a directory which does not exist. Setup can only create the last directory in the path.

This error message dialog box includes only one button: Continue.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This message appears when all of the following three circumstances are met:


 * 1) PowerPoint Setup Disk 1 has been previously initialized or used to install PowerPoint.
 * 2) You are attempting to install to a directory that is not a subdirectory of an existing directory but is instead two levels down from the original subdirectory’s path.
 * 3) PowerPoint Setup Disk 1 is write protected.

= RESOLUTION =

You can successfully avoid this error message in either of the following ways:


 * 1) Remove the write protection on PowerPoint Setup Disk 1.
 * 2) Restart the Setup program and install to a directory that exists or is a subdirectory of a directory that exists.

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