DOCUMENT:Q252855 27-OCT-2000 [sms] TITLE :SMS: 16-Bit SMS Installer May Not Recognize the 0x5c Character PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER::2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbinterop kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbPackage kbsmsInst kbSoftwareDist ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you use the 16-bit version of the Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer on a 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating system (such as Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows NT), various errors occur when Systems Management Server Installer interprets the 0x5c (\) character in file names and directories. CAUSE ===== Systems Management Server Installer interprets the 0x5c character as a slash (\). Because 16-bit operating systems don't support the 0x5c character, this behavior does not occur on these operating systems. WORKAROUND ========== Use the 32-bit version of Systems Management Server Installer on 32-bit Windows operating systems. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server Installer version 2.0. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbPackage kbsmsInst kbSoftwareDist Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMSI200 Version : :2.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.