Article ID: 238960
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- MSDN 2003 Universal Edition
This article was previously published under Q238960
SYMPTOMS
You are unable to view some or all of the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library content. The errors that you receive vary depending on what version of Internet Explorer you are using. If you are using Internet Explorer 4.0 you may receive the following error:
If you are using Internet Explorer 5 you may receive the following error:
CAUSE
MSDN has been installed to a directory with a pound (#) character in the path.
RESOLUTION
Uninstall MSDN and reinstall it to a path that does not contain a # character in the path.
MORE INFORMATION
If you run MSDN from a shared network installation, the content that is installed to the local computer does not work. But the content that is pulled from the network does.
The # character is a valid character for a file or directory name as far as the file system is concerned. The # character has special meaning in a URL. The MSDN Library creates the URL for a page from the file system path. Thus when you have a # in the file system path, the URL that MSDN Library generates becomes invalid.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Install MSDN to a directory that has a # character in the path.
- Attempt to browse through the Library content.
REFERENCES
SRX990803601274
Keywords: kbprb KB238960
