PROBLEM
During a client installation of ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit or ArcGIS Server Java ADF from an admin location, the following error message is displayed:
"Error 1309 - Error reading from file <path to file is provided>."
When performing an admin installation of ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit or ArcGIS Server Java ADF, you cannot install to a directory structure that contains more than 28 characters (including the \). Some of the Java samples are located in a directory structure that would exceed the Windows 256 character limit. If the Windows character limit is exceeded, file names will be truncated. When a client performs an installation from this admin location, or a service pack is applied to this admin location the installation will error because it cannot find the correct file (because the file name has been truncated).
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