ERROR
When installing ArcGIS Desktop to a mapped drive, the following error is encountered:
Could not initialize installation.
<drive letter>:\%INSTALL DIR%\ArcGIS\Support\StripSlash.EXE
The system cannot find the path specified.
If OK is clicked, 1904 errors with the following HRESULT numbers are encountered:
HRESULT -2147312566
HRESULT -2147024894
HRESULT -2147467259
HRESULT -2147220992
ESRI does not support installing ArcGIS Desktop to a mapped network drive. This type of installation does not function.
Article ID:000010352
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