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Q214967: SMS: Error Message from Selecting and Then Clearing Option

Article: Q214967
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200 kbsms200bug
Last Modified: 22-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you select and then clear the This Product is a Suite Parent option while
using Licadmin.exe (the Software Metering console), you receive the following
error message:

  You have entered an invalid program name.
  Valid extensions are .exe, dll, bin, mod, tsk, scr.
  Invalid characters are

  \/:*?"<>|

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs because when you originally specify the product as a Suite
Parent while adding a new product in the Software Metering console, the file is
renamed with an .sui extension. If you then clear the This Product is a Suite
Parent option, the extension still identifies the product as a Suite Parent with
an .sui extension.

WORKAROUND
==========

To work around this issue, manually change the product name back to its original
extension.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Systems Management
Server version 2.0.


Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbsms200 kbsms200bug 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbbug

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