Having just installed Windows 2003 with some winnt.sif floppy based tweaks I get inappropriate app messages like this

Cannot open file C:\SYS\USERS\Administrator\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT

or this

The following folder must be added to your system PATH variable:

C:\SYS\USERS\Administrator\WINDOWS

Using

   TargetPath=\SYS\WIN

    ProgramFilesDir=\SYS\Programs

    CommonProgramFilesDir="\SYS\Programs\Common Files"

    ProfilesDir="C:\SYS\USERS\"

    SFCDllCacheDir="c:\SYS\Relocated\CACHE\Dllcache"

where am i wrong?

I have a successful working Windows XP instance installed with the same tweaked winnt.sif

Welcome somebody...

Seen something similar, not with 2003, and it had to do with the paths without drive letter.

Suggest you try putting "C:\sys\whatever" instead. With the commas.

Sorry double

It seems that your advice is not good. Changed to

TargetPath="C:\SYS\WIN"

I get the following setup error message:

The folder name you typed is not valid. Make sure the folder name is not the root folder and does not contain any consecutive backslash characters.

Also make sure the folder name follows the standard MS-DOS rules.

To continue. press ENTER. Setup will prompt you to enter a different folder name.

I entered SYS\WIN manually,continued the Windows setup and ...

finally, I get the same red errors as described before

Any more ideas?

could it be the fact windows it's not installed directly on root folder and that brakes some code ?

is your "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -> "SystemRoot" correctly set ?

Yes, it's correct

C:\SYS\WIN

Please help

Try this

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;324767

Also, for these lines:

ProfilesDir="C:\SYS\USERS\"

SFCDllCacheDir="c:\SYS\Relocated\CACHE\Dllcache"

Don't use the C:\, just use \. Setup automatically assumes the C drive.