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Cannot run XP Pro distribution EXE - Temp file needed could not be created
I am trying to install
SW_CD_Windows_XP_Professio nal_32BIT_ English_32 _XPsp3_MLF _X14-73974 .EXE
which I downloaded from Microsoft's https://eopen.microsoft.com site under a volume license.
Looks like a self-installing executable to me. So, I copied it to the desktop of the target PC and double-clicked it. Then I see a command window (for about a second) and then nothing happens. So, I right-click on the EXE and choose "Run As" and use the current user (which is an administrator). Then I see an error message "Temp file needed could not be created. Make sure the directory path exists and disk space is available." If I am logged in as the administrator, the path that it is looking to create the temp file in appears to be "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCA LS~1\TEMP" .
When I go to that folder (C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCA LS~1\TEMP) , its attributes show "Read Only". If I try to change it from RO, the change does not stick. I've read about that "issue" on Experts Exchange and, based on those EE articles, being able to change a folder's RO attributes does not seem to be the source of my problem here.
I did try running the EXE from a CD, from the root folder (C:\), as well as from the desktop. I get the same error in all three cases (path changes based on which admin user that I am logged in as).
I am not sure what to try next.
SW_CD_Windows_XP_Professio
which I downloaded from Microsoft's https://eopen.microsoft.com site under a volume license.
Looks like a self-installing executable to me. So, I copied it to the desktop of the target PC and double-clicked it. Then I see a command window (for about a second) and then nothing happens. So, I right-click on the EXE and choose "Run As" and use the current user (which is an administrator). Then I see an error message "Temp file needed could not be created. Make sure the directory path exists and disk space is available." If I am logged in as the administrator, the path that it is looking to create the temp file in appears to be "C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCA
When I go to that folder (C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCA
I did try running the EXE from a CD, from the root folder (C:\), as well as from the desktop. I get the same error in all three cases (path changes based on which admin user that I am logged in as).
I am not sure what to try next.
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Oh, I'd love that link, I always like pointing out the inadequacies for a 160 Billion $ company who cant name their files right..
Don't suspect they will refund the bandwidth though...
Don't suspect they will refund the bandwidth though...
ASKER
...and it only took 7 1/2 hours on the phone (a paid incidence which they refunded) to figure it out!
you should send them a bill for your time..
ASKER
If I thought they'd pay it I'd send it.
true
:-)
:-)
ASKER
can the moderator close this question?
depends, what would you like to do with the points... ;-)
ASKER
after thinking about it, it was a dud download, but pointing that out was far from solving the problem. But, I appreciate your thought-time.
THANK YOU! I am copying the file now to ISO from SW_CD_Windows_XP_Professio nal_32BIT_ English_32 _XPsp3_MLF _X14-73974 .EXE to
SW_CD_Windows_XP_Professio nal_32BIT_ English_32 _XPsp3_MLF _X14-73974 .ISO
SW_CD_Windows_XP_Professio
ASKER
Microsoft had mis-named the file on its website. Its extension was EXE, but the file was actually an ISO file.