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apurohit
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10 years ago
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Error "Destination folder path cannot exceed 100 characters." prevents install of Power BI Desktop

Hi all,   When I uninstalled and then re-installed PBI Desktop, I got the following message: "Destination folder path cannot exceed 100 characters."   This is with _any_ destination path includin...
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  • ShengLiu's avatar
    ShengLiu
    10 years ago

    Hi kento/apurohit, could you try something for me? Could you try running the following command, replacing the PBIDesktop.msi with your path of the msi file. Please let me know if it solved your issue.

     

    msiexec /i "PBIDesktop.msi" WIXUI_DONTVALIDATEPATH="1"

     

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ShengLiu
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

Hi kento/apurohit, could you try something for me? Could you try running the following command, replacing the PBIDesktop.msi with your path of the msi file. Please let me know if it solved your issue.

 

msiexec /i "PBIDesktop.msi" WIXUI_DONTVALIDATEPATH="1"

 

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apurohit
Frequent Visitor
10 years ago

Thanks ShengLiu. This worked for me too. I have accepted it as the solution.

  • Ammar's avatar
    Ammar
    New Member
    10 years ago

    Thanks alot all of you guys, I am trying to add powerquery 2.29.4217.1861 (64-bit) [en-us].msi to the excel / office 2013, to attend the new course about data interpretation. the msi file is on my desktop downloaded and that error messages appears. this solution how it is implemented by steps.

    Yours,

    A first time joiner to your forum.

    Ammar