BLD:E0071

Cannot expand symbolic string "%s"

The symbolic expressions in the indicated string could not be expanded. However the expansion is required to generate a Short File Name (8.3) equivalent for the file, folder, or shortcut name.

Parameters

%s

Symbolic expression string

Background information

MSI requires that the installation database contains SFN (8.3) alternates of all file, folder, and shortcut names that do not conform to the 8.3 syntax. In order to generate these alternates, InstallMate must resolve all symbolic expressions in the names of the files, folders and shortcuts when it builds the MSI database.

Solution

Inspect the symbolic expression used for the name and replace it with something that can be resolved by InstallMate.