Thursday, September 13, 2007
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Problem:

Sorry Adobe, parentheses are valid characters in a path.

Solution:

Luckily the work around is quite easy...

Check the 8.3 name of the x86 Program Files path in this listing:

c:\>dir /N /X
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is BA64-04DE

 Directory of c:\

28/08/2007  01:04 PM            30,469 DXCORE~1.LOG DxCoreInsaller.log
27/08/2007  07:24 PM    <DIR>                       inetpub
28/08/2007  01:26 PM    <DIR>                       NVIDIA
28/08/2007  01:44 PM    <DIR>          PROGRA~1     Program Files
28/08/2007  01:42 PM    <DIR>          PROGRA~2     Program Files (x86)
27/08/2007  09:41 PM    <DIR>                       Users
28/08/2007  01:45 PM    <DIR>                       Windows

Creative Suite 2 will install and work if you actually type in the 8.3 name for the x86 Program Files path, like:

C:\Progra~2\Adobe

I wonder who is next...

Listening to: Northern Substructures compilation