Saturday, March 21, 2009

"The path is not of a legal form" Error - While installing Data Migration Manager

While installing Data Migration Manager for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on the Server, I received the error message "The path is not of a legal form"

the path is not of a legal form
Here is how you make the path legal to install Data Migration Manager.
  • Start > Run
  • Type "regedit.exe" (without quotes)
  • Navigate to key - [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\59DD8CB00184F24E99A62CF4D6109FA\InstallProperties]
  • Right-click InstallLocation and select Modify
  • In the Value Data text field type "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM"
The Value Data field had no value, until I did the above needful. Now your installation must be smooth. You can also follow this thread on Microsoft Forums for further information.
Happy Installing..

Please Note: The value 59DD8C...... after the \Products\ folder in regedit.exe might differ in some cases. I have learnt this as it has come up on forums. You might have values like:
  • 43689CC1EAEE14C458FDAD0580BC0C97
  • 059DD8CB00184F24E99A62CF4D6109FA
Go ahead with them. After all you want a successful installation, don't you?
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11 comments:

  1. Hans CarlsonJuly 8, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    What if you cant find the 59DD8CB00184F24E99A62CF4D6109FA that is mentioned. I dont have that?

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    1. ChristianAugust 7, 2012 at 10:34 AM

      Worked fine for me too! Best practice is to search the key with display name "Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server" in the InstallProperties key!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 14, 2009 at 2:17 AM

    Look through until you find something thats 59DD

    Mine started with a 059DD
    or just click all of them till you find one that says Microsoft Dynamics CRM

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  3. AnonymousMarch 25, 2010 at 6:43 PM

    Thanks, that helped a great deal.

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  4. SangAugust 18, 2010 at 10:21 AM

    You need to find 'Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server' as display name. number will be all different.

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  5. JeffreyOctober 6, 2010 at 8:15 PM

    Very helpful. Thanks. you've got a slight misspelling in step 5 - Microosft.

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  6. GaganOctober 7, 2010 at 7:43 AM

    Hi Jeff,
    I'm glad it helped and thanks for pointing out. Now corrected!

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  7. GaganDecember 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM

    Post updated as per your inputs. Thanks again.

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  8. RohanFebruary 20, 2012 at 10:38 PM

    I too had this issue whereby the GUID didn't match on my server. Rather, I went through each one, opening up the InstallProperties folder on each and looking for the 'DisplayName' of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server'. For me the code ends with 5E22.

    The following the above, it worked like a dream.
    Thanks!

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  9. ChrisApril 24, 2012 at 8:42 PM

    Thank you, I had to find the GUID manually as it was completely different but this fixed the issue!

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  10. NuncsystemsFebruary 3, 2020 at 10:44 AM

    Thanks for the sharing of such information related to Salesforce CRM Services

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