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PRB: Cannot Export COM+ Application Proxy

Article ID: 259091

Article Last Modified on 12/5/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft COM+ 1.0
Microsoft COM+ 1.5

This article was previously published under Q259091

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to export the application proxy for a COM+ application, you may receive the following error message:

Export Application

Unable to copy component files to the application definition file directory. An error occurred writing to the directory or existing files could not be overwritten. The application was not exported.

CAUSE

This error message can appear if the folder of the user who is doing the client export does not have WRITE/MODIFY permissions.

RESOLUTION

Make sure that the user who is doing the export has the appropriate rights on the folder.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a test folder.
Remove WRITE/MODIFY permissions for that folder.
Attempt to export the application into that folder.

REFERENCES

Please read the MSDN article titled "Deploying Application Proxies:"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/cossdk/pgdeployment_toplevel_65gz.htm

Additional query words: Windows 2000 COM+ Export client install setup deploy MSI folder overwrite type library MTS XP

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Microsoft KB Archive/259091

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