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Strange problem installing a setup that I have just created

Hello,

I have both VS 2005 and 2008 installed.

Just today I created a setup project in 2005 and I got this error when I tried to installed it.

"The folder path 'http://sharingcentre.info ' contains an invalid character."

However, when I go to that website it does take me to a web site. However, what does that have to do with my setup?

So I decided to create a simple project and added a new setup in 2005 and got the same problem.

I then converted the project to 2008 and added another new setup. The same problem happened again.

However, a previous setup project I created before work ok. I can install my application. Its only from today I cannot install any of my new setup projects. Using either 2005 and 2008.

Has anyone else had this same problem.

Searching google doesn't give me any real responses, I give the error message is too vague.

many thanks for any suggestions,

steve1_rm Tuesday, August 04, 2009 7:36 AM

Search your regiatry for that string, or for sharingcentre. I've seen that kind of message when the well-known folders in the registry are corrupt. Folders like Common Files, Desktop, Program Files etc are not hard-coded - they're in the registry. An MSI-based install checks them and reports errors if one of them is invalid and there is a reference to it in your setup.

Phil Wilson