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Installing Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 Feature Pack 1 on Windows 8


Symptoms

You may notice that the mapped drives seem to be incorrect during the Microsoft Dynamics SL client installation.

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Cause

This is a known issue and has been documented in bug 25059.

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Resolution

Use the following instructions to install the Microsoft Dynamics SL client through the command prompt. Note: Mapping drives have to be persistent and applied to both elevated privilege and standard access.

  1. From Windows 8 start menu type COMMAND.
  2. Right Mouse click "Command Prompt" and select "Run As Administrator".
  3. Map the drive share by using the following command. Note the letter after the word USE is the drive letter and there is a space after the colon.: 
    NET USE S: \\computername\sharename /PERSISTENT:YES
  4. Run setup from the workstation folder by using the following commands:
    CD APPLICATION\WRKSTN
    SETUP
  5. Follow the usual prompts for the installation. For more information, see the Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 Feature Pack 1 Installation Guide.
  6. Close the command prompt when you are finished.
  7. From the Windows 8 start menu type COMMAND.
  8. Open the command prompt again. This time without administrator privileges.
  9. Map the drive share by using the following command:
    NET USE S: \\computername\sharename /PERSISTENT:YES


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Article Info
Article ID : 2792760
Revision : 2
Created on : 2/3/2017
Published on : 2/3/2017
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