I have just upgraded my Hard Disk and am trying to re-
install MSTS into Logical Drive E: as E:\Program
Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator. I have successfully
installed other programs onto this drive but for MSTS I
keep getting the message: "The path you selected specifies
an invalid drive or the folder is invalid, incomplete, too
long or write-protected". Yet on the previous screen the
required drive and path display ok in the folders window.
I am running XP Home. The disk is an 80GB disk with
primary partition C: (31GB), D: (20GB), E: (20GB) and X:
(5GB). The E: drive is less than 1GB full.

Take a look at this thread of messages. It seems like a similar problem is
being discussed.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...gbl%26rnum%3D3

I hope that helps.
Regards,
Yuriy

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"Simon Holland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7dbe01c4315b$3fca3d20$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have just upgraded my Hard Disk and am trying to re-
> install MSTS into Logical Drive E: as E:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator. I have successfully
> installed other programs onto this drive but for MSTS I
> keep getting the message: "The path you selected specifies
> an invalid drive or the folder is invalid, incomplete, too
> long or write-protected". Yet on the previous screen the
> required drive and path display ok in the folders window.
> I am running XP Home. The disk is an 80GB disk with
> primary partition C: (31GB), D: (20GB), E: (20GB) and X:
> (5GB). The E: drive is less than 1GB full.
>

Hi Yuriy

Thanks for pointing me to the thread - it helped solve the
problem. In the end I had to recreate the partitions again
and re-label the drive letters to get MSTS to install.

Very many thanks

Simon
>-----Original Message-----
>Take a look at this thread of messages. It seems like a
similar problem is
>being discussed.
>http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&threadm=OB%240fJe%24DHA.916%
40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522The%
2Bpath%2Byou%2Bselected%2Bspecifies%2Ban%2Binvalid%2Bdrive%
2Bor%2Bthe%2Bfolder%2Bis%2Binvalid,%2Bincomplete,%2Btoo%
26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DOB%
25240fJe%2524DHA.916%2540TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl%26rnum%3D3
>
>I hope that helps.
>Regards,
>Yuriy
>
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>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>"Simon Holland" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>news:7dbe01c4315b$3fca3d20$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have just upgraded my Hard Disk and am trying to re-
>> install MSTS into Logical Drive E: as E:\Program
>> Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator. I have
successfully
>> installed other programs onto this drive but for MSTS I
>> keep getting the message: "The path you selected
specifies
>> an invalid drive or the folder is invalid, incomplete,
too
>> long or write-protected". Yet on the previous screen the
>> required drive and path display ok in the folders
window.
>> I am running XP Home. The disk is an 80GB disk with
>> primary partition C: (31GB), D: (20GB), E: (20GB) and X:
>> (5GB). The E: drive is less than 1GB full.
>>
>
>
>.
>