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Problem:

When installing to a machine that doesn't have a c:\\ drive you may see the message appear:

"Cannot write to silent script log file. Unable to continue install"

Resolution:

The setup process attempts to create a log file on the c:\\  drive by default, and if you don't have a c:\\ drive, it can't write the log.

To avoid this problem, you can redirect the log file elsewhere by supplying a parameter to the setup command:

From a command prompt, change directory to the location of the setup.exe (let's assume this is on D:\\) and type the command:

D:\\setup\\setup.exe /ini=d:\\setup\\nxsetup.ini /logfile=x:\\thelogfile.txt

This will run the setup.exe from your D:\\ drive and write the logfile to your x:\\ drive.

Old KB# 6993