Re: Window2012R2: initdb error: "The current directory is invalid."

On 19 January 2016 at 18:49, Huong Dangminh <huo-dangminh(at)ys(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have failed in execute initdb in "c:\Windows\Temp\dir" folder as
> reproduce logs below. The OS's messages "The current directory is invalid."
> was returned.
>

Is that directory or any parent of it a junction point?

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ntfs_links_view.html

http://superuser.com/q/823959

Also, why would you possibly run the installer from there? You should be
using %TEMP% which should generally resolve
to C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Temp or similar.

> creating template1 database in c:/testdb/base/1 ... The current directory
> is invalid.

It looks like somehow the current working directory is unmapped or cannot
be found.

Is there any chance you have mapped network drives in use?

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