Monday, July 22, 2013

Complete WSUS Installation - Fatal Error: Illegal characters in path.

Setting up a new WSUS server on Windows Server 2012, when I entered the content path as E:\ and clicked Run I received the following error message:

Log file is located at C:\Users\clint.boessen\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE3AA.tmp
Post install is starting
Fatal Error: Illegal characters in path.

Turns out you cannot specify root partitions, you need to specify a directory such as E:\WSUS.  Changing the path resolved the issue.

 
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2014 at 3:17 PM

    Thanks.

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  2. Vlad KosarevMay 16, 2014 at 7:51 PM

    It's not about root partition, it's about trailing slash. E:\WSUS\ will give you the same error. E:\WSUS will work.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 4, 2015 at 12:30 PM

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2015 at 12:30 PM

      what he is saying that you cannot just do E:\ you have to use a folder.

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  3. UnknownJuly 16, 2014 at 11:44 AM

    Cheers Clint

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  4. AnonymousJuly 5, 2015 at 10:30 PM

    Thanks Client (AND Vlad). Works with E: instead of E:\

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  5. StefanAugust 19, 2015 at 1:18 AM

    Saved my bacon - thanks all. Why would a \ be so important to fail the install... you'd think 2 years later it would have been sorted. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. lCine7icJanuary 14, 2016 at 5:27 AM

      Indeed -- helped me out as well. Totally concur -- how hard would it be to check for trailing \'s and remove them (or at least make the error description explain the issue).

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  6. UnknownApril 30, 2016 at 6:38 AM

    Thanks. That... is a stupid glitch. Microsoft could at least make the error message less ambiguous.

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  7. UnknownSeptember 8, 2016 at 2:16 AM

    Thanks Yar.... Its Work ...The folder path should not end with "\"

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