The parameter is incorrect - NT4.0

[Russell Holder]

built an installation with InstallShield,
ran it from inside InstallShield's IDE, works fine,
did "Send Media to" and dbl-clicked on setup.exe,
get SEVERE error msg box: "The parameter is incorrect"
no error number, no logs, no clue <sigh>

I have administrator priviledges - whoop-tee-doo
I've logged on as administrator - same error
I've run other setups - no problem-o
c:/winnt/system32/stdole32.tlb - exists
have IE version 5.00.2314.1003
NT4.0 box

THANKS,
________________________________________________________________________

_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ Russell L. Holder
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ russel...@earthlink.net
_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/
russell...@foresight-systems.com
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Foresight Systems, Inc.
_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Austin Texas
____________________________________________________________________

[Russell Holder]

...continuing mining and archaeological digs at IS web site...

F O U N D I T ! ! !

Hitlist for search for "parameter is incorrect" :

http://support.installshield.com/kb/kbresults.asp?pm=All&txtkeyword=parameter+is+incorrect&sm=all+words&txtarticleid=&gv=1&acat=both&sa=content&days=0&submit.x=71&submit.y=18

THE HIT:
Q102386 - ERRMSG: "The Parameter is Incorrect" While
Running Setup.exe Jan 19,1999

Link to Q102386:
http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?pcode=ALL&articleid=Q102386

Cant see the article? well, here's what it says:
-----------------<begin snip>-------------------
InstallShield
=============
ERRMSG: "The Parameter Is Incorrect" while Running Setup.exe

Document ID: Q102386

This article applies to the following:
Product(s): InstallShield 5.x Professional, InstallShield Express
Last Revised On: 08/12/1999

Symptoms

When I try to run Setup.exe, I get the following error:
"<path>../setup.exe, the parameter is incorrect".

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Cause

This error message will occur if:

- the location of Setup.exe is too many levels down
into the directory structure or
- if there are too many characters in the path name.

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Workaround

To avoid this error, try raising Setup.exe in the directory
structure and reducing the number of characters in the path
name. Users of InstallShield 5.5 Professional can also create
a 32-bit Setup.exe, which will not encounter this error.
Note: This error may occur with any 16-bit program, and is
not limited to InstallShield’s 16-bit Setup.exe.
-----------------<end snip>---------------------

thanks again (to anyone who considered this problem),
russell...@foresight-systems.com; russel...@earthlink.net

[Dan]

Hi, I have the same problem and only on one machine (out of about a
hundred), but that article didn't help me. My installation is in C:\54 and
I get the error message

"An installation Support File <C:\Temp\SomeLongStringThatISCreates\Kill.exe>
could not be installed. The parameter is incorrect"

But Kill.exe and more than half the support files did actually get extracted
from data1.cab to that directory but continue, it did not.

Has anyone seen anything like this?

thanx

Russell Holder <russel...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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[Dan]

Well, found the error, renaming the .ilg file in the IS Installation
Information folder did the trick. Would be nice to know why though or the
setup release notes are going to start being very tedious.

thanx to those who put in their 2 cents US (which is about 85$ Canadian
:-).
Dan

Dan <dpol...@positron.qc.ca> wrote in message
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