Error Message \"Invalid Drive h:/\" while uninstalling

sdeschenes · Post by **sdeschenes** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:40 pm

I am installing my product from a shared network drive. After the installation, I reboot my test machine. After the reboot, I go and uninstall my application. But during the uninstall, a message appears saying "Invalid Drive: h:\\" and then the uninstall fails. The only way to get around this is to connect to the network drive that my product was installed from. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks,
Scott

Gizm0 · Post by **Gizm0** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:37 pm

If it an Uncompressed Layout installation, you can't do nothing more than copy the files on your local hard drive first and run the installation later. Otherwise you can create a Single Installation File, which caches the necessary files on the local hard drive. If you use a Single File you won't get that error.

sdeschenes · Post by **sdeschenes** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:16 am

I create the Single File Installation on my development machine, copy it to the shared network drive and install from the shared network drive. I don't see why I need to be connected to the shared drive to uninstall my product.

Is there something I can do about this?

sdeschenes · Post by **sdeschenes** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:29 am

Since I distribute my product on CD/DVD, does this mean that my customers would require the CD/DVD to uninstall my product?

Gizm0 · Post by **Gizm0** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:02 pm

sdeschenes wrote:Since I distribute my product on CD/DVD, does this mean that my customers would require the CD/DVD to uninstall my product?

To uninstall no, to make a maintenance install (fix/repair) yes.