Resolution
fact
Exchange Migrator 1.x
fact
Exchange Migrator 2.x
fact
Configuration Assessor 2.0
symptom
The path specified in a command line argument is invalid/x86/Setup/Setup.iss when installing MSDE
cause
A path that is too long or contains spaces is specified for the TEMP variables.
fix
This error can be seen during the MSDE install. It is potentially due to the size or characters in the path to the users temp directory as defined in the Environment variables. After changing the environment variables for TEMP and TMP from \Documents and Settings\User\Local settings..... to be C:\Temp, the install should be successful.
Exchange Migrator 1.x
fact
Exchange Migrator 2.x
fact
Configuration Assessor 2.0
symptom
The path specified in a command line argument is invalid
cause
A path that is too long or contains spaces is specified for the TEMP variables.
fix
This error can be seen during the MSDE install. It is potentially due to the size or characters in the path to the users temp directory as defined in the Environment variables. After changing the environment variables for TEMP and TMP from \Documents and Settings\User\Local settings..... to be C:\Temp, the install should be successful.
Additional Information
Formerly known as NETIQKB24512