DOCUMENT:Q193173 28-SEP-1998 [vbwin] TITLE :PRB: Silent Setup of PDW Package Cannot Create New Folder PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:6.0 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you run the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) in silent mode, it gives the following error if the script contains a folder that does not already exist: "Cannot package the project in silent mode because the package folder does not exist." CAUSE ===== Unlike the interactive PDW, the silent mode works without user intervention. It is not supposed to create a new folder without approval from the user. To allow PDW to work silently, the folder must exist and must be empty. RESOLUTION ========== To create a new folder as part of batch processing, you can have your batch file create the folder before performing silent packaging and deployment. STATUS ====== This behavior is by design. REFERENCES ========== MSDN, article "Starting the Package and Deployment Wizard", section "Running the Wizard in Silent Mode" Additional query words: kbdss kbDSupport kbVBp kbVBp600 kbWizard kbAppSetup ====================================================================== Version : WINDOWS:6.0 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= 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 1998.