BUG: Error message: "The network path was not found" when you run an application from UNC (327428)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002), Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q327428

SYMPTOMS

When you try to run a Microsoft .NET application from a command prompt window on a remote computer by using a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path name that contains spaces (such as the following):
\\someserver\someshare\Visual Studio Projects\MyFirstApp\bin\MyFirstApp.exe
				
you receive the following error message:
The network path was not found.

CAUSE

A bug in the handling of share names causes spaces to be handled incorrectly.

RESOLUTION

Enclose the whole UNC path that contains spaces in quotation marks.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/26/2005
Keywords:kbvs2002sp1sweep kbbug kbpending KB327428