help the directory name is invalid

[Guest]

When I try to install a program, I get the error message "The directory name
is invalid,this is any program i try too install from hd or cdrom or
dvdrom,do i av'e too install vista again.And what is UAC iv'e been told if i
turn this of i will be able too install my software again?
ps am using multiboot with xp & vista.
Thank's
IQON

 

[R. C. White, MVP]

Hi, IQON.

I had that "The directory name is invalid" error message back in January,
and I dug myself pretty into a pretty deep hole before I found the answer -
which was really pretty easy AFTER I found it.

UAC is "User Access Control". This is a big part of Vista's new security
features. It keeps unauthorized users (whether at the keyboard or over the
Internet or other network) from installing a rogue program on our computers.
It requires that we use our Administrator credentials to install a program.
For some programs, we must not only be "an administrator", but be running as
the "Administrator", an even higher level of authority.

To install your program, RIGHT-click on the installation file (setup.exe or
install.exe, usually), then click Run as Administrator.

Yes, you CAN turn off UAC, but then you are back to about the same level of
vulnerability as WinXP. It's best to leave UAC on. After the first few
days of using Vista, during which you have to install several drivers and
applications, you will not see the UAC messages nearly as often. I've been
using Vista for several months and now UAC pops up only when I need to do
some Administrator-level job, such as Disk Management or Advanced Indexing
Options.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Guest]

I already used the RIGHT-click on the installation file (setup.exe or
install.exe,) then click Run as Administrator, does not work but av'e been
reading some of the post's on this site, it seem's that if i move the setup
program's from cdrom or what ever devise am trying to install, to the
programs files, there seem to work no problem? There must be another way
without copying everything,to the programs folder just to install my programs
Thank's R. C. White
IQON

 

[R. C. White, MVP]

Hi, IQON.

Thanks for jogging my memory. Yes, I copied the entire Quicken CD-ROM to my
hard drive and ran the install (as Administrator) from there.

Which program gave you the problem? Was it Quicken? Are you running 64-bit
Vista? I concluded that Intuit's programmers simply didn't yet understand
Vista, or 64-bit, or UAC - or all three! Even in Win2K and WinXP, users
complained about difficulties in running it as any user other than the one
who installed it. It also has had a variety of idiosyncrasies in using
optical drives.

I'm glad you got your program installed, and thanks for the report back.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Guest]

No it was'nt Quicken i got demo disk from a vista mag,even any programs i try
to run from my backup hd did'nt work,but if i copy them to the program folder
they will work? And i am running vista home premium 32bit.
Thanks again R. C. White

IQON