UPDATE.EXE Starts Setup Help If Space Exists in Directory Path

• Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SUMMARY

If you run UPDATE.EXE (from any Service Pack) in a directory in which the complete path name includes a space or long directory name, instead of running UPDATE.EXE, a screen explaining the SETUP.EXE command-line options appears.

MORE INFORMATION

When you run UPDATE.EXE, it calls Windows NT SETUP.EXE with some command- line parameters. If a space exists in the directory name or the directory name is a long directory name, the Setup screen titled "Usage" (which explains the Microsoft Setup command-line options) appears. SETUP.EXE does not parse the command line properly if a space exists in the directory name of the parameters passed to it. For example, if you have a directory called "C:\FILES\NT FILES\SPACK" or "C:\FILES\NTFILESFORSPACK\SPACK", and you place the update files in the SPACK directory and then run UPDATE.EXE, you receive the above error.

RESOLUTION

Move the Service Pack files to a directory path that does not include a space or long directory name.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Service Packs for Windows NT versions 3.1 and 3.5 and Windows NT Service Pack 1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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