I ran into this error below when trying to add a package to my Group
Policy for Software Installation:

"Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from
the package. Please run validation on the package to ensure that the
package is correct."

I think I found the cause and it's because the path is too long. Once
I shortened the path by a few characters, it works. This is my path
(substituted real names with fake ones obviously but kept same
characters):

\\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi

I renamed "software" to "soft" and it worked.

Can someone verify also? I saw a few posts but didn't want to reply
to so many of them.

Thanks.

Try use
"\\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi" in
the path ?

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Christoffer Andersson
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"WeyTong" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I ran into this error below when trying to add a package to my Group
> Policy for Software Installation:
>
> "Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from
> the package. Please run validation on the package to ensure that the
> package is correct."
>
> I think I found the cause and it's because the path is too long. Once
> I shortened the path by a few characters, it works. This is my path
> (substituted real names with fake ones obviously but kept same
> characters):
>
> \\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi
>
> I renamed "software" to "soft" and it worked.
>
> Can someone verify also? I saw a few posts but didn't want to reply
> to so many of them.
>
> Thanks.

I meant to say to use a path that is as long as the one I specified. I have
about 67 characters there.

Obviously my path below is not real, but it's just to simulate the amount of
characters I have.

Thanks.

Chriss3 wrote:

> Try use
> "\\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi" in
> the path ?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Christoffer Andersson
> No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
> http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1
>
> "WeyTong" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I ran into this error below when trying to add a package to my Group
> > Policy for Software Installation:
> >
> > "Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from
> > the package. Please run validation on the package to ensure that the
> > package is correct."
> >
> > I think I found the cause and it's because the path is too long. Once
> > I shortened the path by a few characters, it works. This is my path
> > (substituted real names with fake ones obviously but kept same
> > characters):
> >
> > \\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi
> >
> > I renamed "software" to "soft" and it worked.
> >
> > Can someone verify also? I saw a few posts but didn't want to reply
> > to so many of them.
> >
> > Thanks.

okay but use the path inside of "".

--
Regards,

Christoffer Andersson
No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1

"WeyTong" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I meant to say to use a path that is as long as the one I specified. I
have
> about 67 characters there.
>
> Obviously my path below is not real, but it's just to simulate the amount
of
> characters I have.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chriss3 wrote:
>
> > Try use
> > "\\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi"
in
> > the path ?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Christoffer Andersson
> > No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> > If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
> > http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1
> >
> > "WeyTong" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I ran into this error below when trying to add a package to my Group
> > > Policy for Software Installation:
> > >
> > > "Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from
> > > the package. Please run validation on the package to ensure that the
> > > package is correct."
> > >
> > > I think I found the cause and it's because the path is too long. Once
> > > I shortened the path by a few characters, it works. This is my path
> > > (substituted real names with fake ones obviously but kept same
> > > characters):
> > >
> > > \\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi
> > >
> > > I renamed "software" to "soft" and it worked.
> > >
> > > Can someone verify also? I saw a few posts but didn't want to reply
> > > to so many of them.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
>

Same problem.


Chriss3 wrote:

> okay but use the path inside of "".
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Christoffer Andersson
> No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
> http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1
>
> "WeyTong" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I meant to say to use a path that is as long as the one I specified. I
> have
> > about 67 characters there.
> >
> > Obviously my path below is not real, but it's just to simulate the amount
> of
> > characters I have.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Chriss3 wrote:
> >
> > > Try use
> > > "\\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi"
> in
> > > the path ?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Christoffer Andersson
> > > No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
> > > If the information was help full, you can let me know at:
> > > http://www.itsystem.se/employers.asp?ID=1
> > >
> > > "WeyTong" <(E-Mail Removed)> skrev i meddelandet
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > I ran into this error below when trying to add a package to my Group
> > > > Policy for Software Installation:
> > > >
> > > > "Add operation failed. Unable to extract deployment information from
> > > > the package. Please run validation on the package to ensure that the
> > > > package is correct."
> > > >
> > > > I think I found the cause and it's because the path is too long. Once
> > > > I shortened the path by a few characters, it works. This is my path
> > > > (substituted real names with fake ones obviously but kept same
> > > > characters):
> > > >
> > > > \\my1234srv\dsk\disks2\software\packages\EnvironmentsGPO\package1.msi
> > > >
> > > > I renamed "software" to "soft" and it worked.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone verify also? I saw a few posts but didn't want to reply
> > > > to so many of them.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> >

[philcarter]

I'm confirming this is a problem with software deployment via GPO. I too shortned the UNC path to the .MSI installation file and it fixed this. (I'm deploying StandardWW.msi)

Can someone out there quantify how many characters can be in the install path? Mine was:
\\oxygen1\programstore$\AD_Installs\Office2007Std\Standard.WW\StandardWW.msi

I changed it to O2007Std and it worked fine after that point. So it seems that the maximum allowed characters is less than 75.