thanks for your detailed reply.

The error box that comes up doesn't give me the option to change the file
path. When I do custom install I choose to install on the c drive at a very
short path:

C:\ or N:\.

I still get the same error message though! Sorry.

Any more ideas greatly appreciated.

Edward

Cal Learner-- MVP <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
news:91m9h09bj7sst7lg6gaoomrt2u65rr9oa7[at]4ax.com...
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In microsoft.public.money, Fredie wrote:

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I am not sure if
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;300087
applies, but let's assume there is some length limit. So the limit
may not be 150 characters. It could be something higher -- perhaps
255. Such a limit is not shown in
http://support.microsoft.com/default...21&Product=mny
, but apparently there is a limit. One method to shorten the path
would be to replace sections of the path with 8.3 style names. That
means 8 characters followed by a period and a 3-character extension.
That method exists to accommodate older programs that did not allow
long names.

The method is described in
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;142982 .
Suppose you had a portion of the path that you want to use that is
"...\Employee Data Files\Fredie Johnson\...", you could replace that
with "...\Employ~1\FredieJ~1\..."

hi

I get this error when I try to install money 2004. I run xp pro.

Error 1320: the specified path is too long: N:\My settings. If I try a
custom install and put money on the c drive I get the same error.

I have previously installed this version with no problems, but had to have
my
laptop rebuilt for a modification on the network at work.

Any ideas?

thanks

Edward