[wix-users] error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.

[sampat magi]

No luck Farrukh. Still it's same issue.
Completely stuck at this moment. It has been working very well but not sure
how come it got corrupted.
Have to rely on VM to work on the WiX setup now. Until this gets resolved.
On Apr 25, 2016 4:59 PM, "Magi, Sampattakumar S" <
Sampattakumar.Magi at in.unisys.com> wrote:

> Ok, am going to try it out.
> Thanks a lot for response. I will let the forum know if I can get rid off
> this error.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Farrukh Waheed
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:58 PM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.
>
> There might be some issue with your environment on your laptop.
> I've found 2 threads, might be useful in this context:
>
>    -
>
> https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/f7c4b6f6-29b2-417a-be68-2c45e232981b/illegal-characters-in-path?forum=tfsbuild
>    -
>
> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/WiX-3-6-and-System-ArgumentException-quot-illegal-characters-in-path-quot-during-build-td6975562.html
>
> Just for experiment, uninstall wix 3.10 and install wix 9.x and see if it
> works with msbuild there...
> Hope it helps
>
>
>
> On 25 April 2016 at 14:10, Magi, Sampattakumar S <
> Sampattakumar.Magi at in.unisys.com> wrote:
>
> > User :
> >
> > TEMP =  C:\Users\magisams\AppData\Local\Temp (Earlier it was
> > %userprofile%appdata\local\temp, I replaced the full path manually to see
> > if error goes)
> > TMP = C:\Users\magisams\AppData\Local\Temp
> >
> > System  :
> > TEMP= %SystemRoot%\TEMP
> > TMP = %SystemRoot%\TEMP
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Rob Mensching
> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:36 PM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.
> >
> > What's your temp folder path?
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________
> >  Short replies here. Complete answers over there:
> > http://www.firegiant.com/
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of Magi, Sampattakumar S
> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:04 AM
> > To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > Subject: Re: [wix-users] error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.
> >
> > Excerpt from the msbuild log set to diagnostic
> >                 Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.10.2.2516
> >                 Copyright (c) Outercurve Foundation. All rights reserved.
> > light.exe(0,0): error LGHT0001: Illegal characters in path.
> >                 Exception Type: System.ArgumentException
> >                 Stack Trace:
> >                    at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path,
> > Boolean checkAdditional)
> >                    at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean
> > fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
> >                    at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
> >                    at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path)
> >                    at
> > System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.EnsureTempNameCreated()
> >                    at
> >
> Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.WixBinder.set_TempFilesLocation(String
> > value)
> >
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