Installer crashes due to space character in application path?

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I have developed a windows service in VB .NET VS2005, .NET2.0. I created a very simple setup project to make the installation easier. But the installation fails because I have spaces in the installation path!!??

e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\blabla\blabla"

If I remove change the path to e.g. "C:\DATA\Service" all is ok. But I do not want to be exposed to my customer's frustration. Therefore I need to solve this issue.

Has anyone had the same problem and also managed to solve it?

To be clearer: This is a setup project created from the "wizard" (or what you want to call it when it is just a few clicks away to get a project up and running) in VS2005. There is no custom code related to the setup project.

Posted 2-Dec-10 9:59am

Mats Eurén

Updated 2-Dec-10 12:21pm

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AspDotNetDev · Answer 1 · 2010-12-02T12:20:00

Solution 2

You sure it's a problem due to the space and not a permission issue ("Program Files (x86)" probably has some permissions set on it)? Try installing to "C:\Data With Space\Service". If it works, then it's a permission issue.

Posted 2-Dec-10 12:20pm

AspDotNetDev

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Dalek Dave 2-Dec-10 18:23pm

Good Call.

Mats Eurén · Answer 2 · 2010-12-02T20:18:00

Solution 3

It does not seem to be an issue with permissions. I can't install to a path like "C:\Data With Space\Service" either?!?!

Posted 2-Dec-10 20:18pm

Mats Eurén

Rajesh Anuhya · Answer 3 · 2010-12-02T20:31:00

Solution 4

Make Sure , your Program complied under x86 or AnyCPU,
may be the problem because of your program compiled with x32 bit processor..

Posted 2-Dec-10 20:31pm

Rajesh Anuhya

Mats Eurén · Answer 4 · 2010-12-02T23:14:00

Solution 5

I discovered the problem. I tried to load the service name from a config file and set it dynamically in the installer class. Why isn't this possible?!

Posted 2-Dec-10 23:14pm

Mats Eurén

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Rajesh Anuhya 3-Dec-10 5:55am

what is service, you mean web service address, which is using in your application??, anyway that is not a problem.

Mats Eurén · Answer 5 · 2010-12-03T00:09:00

No, im trying to install a windows service. I want to load the service name from a config file. For example:

Dim serializer As New XMLSerializeHelper(Of ServiceConfig)(My.Settings.LocalConfigFile)
Dim svcCfg As New ServiceConfig
svcCfg = serializer.DeserializeFromFile()
Me.ServiceInstaller.DisplayName = svcCfg.DisplayName
Me.ServiceInstaller.ServiceName = svcCfg.DisplayName

If I do this, the installer crasches.

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