Error 1606

[Don]

After reading (and trying the fix) the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
315352, I still find that when I try to install programs that use the
installation wizard, I get the error prompt: "Error 1606. Could not access
network location %USERPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\Administrative Tools\." The install process goes
through the install shield wizard past the "configuring Windows Installer"
and at the begining of the "installing" phase I get the pop-up prompt "Error
...." After reading the KB article 315352, I checked my registry
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders)and it shows the following value under the common
administrative tools: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\Administrative Tools. This error only happens with
the installation wizard and other programs install normally. Can someone
point me in the right direction from here?

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

After reading (and trying the fix) the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article -
315352, I still find that when I try to install programs that use the
installation wizard, I get the error prompt: "Error 1606. Could not access
network location %USERPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\Administrative Tools\." The install process goes
through the install shield wizard past the "configuring Windows Installer"
and at the begining of the "installing" phase I get the pop-up prompt "Error
..." After reading the KB article 315352, I checked my registry
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders)and it shows the following value under the common
administrative tools: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\Administrative Tools. This error only happens with
the installation wizard and other programs install normally. Can someone
point me in the right direction from here?

The error message points to "´%USERPROFILE% and not %ALLUSERPROFILE%.
Make sure that the path C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START
MENU\PROGRAMS\ACCESSORIES\ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS exists.

 

[Don]

I did find that the the path C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{username}\START

MENU\PROGRAMS\ACCESSORIES\ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS was invalid. The path I

found was (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Accessories\Administrative Tools). I then copied the
"Administrative Tools" folder to the path (C:\Documents and
Settings\Don\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Administrative Tools), where
"Don" would be my user name. That did not work no matter if I changed the
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% to
%USERPROFILE% or back in the reg entry described below. I now have the
"administartive tools" folder copied in both the "all users" and "Don" (my
user name) folder. I'm still looking for direction at this point.