AIF: The path %1 does not exist or is not accessible from an AOS server. Always use a UNC path.

December 8, 2009 at 18:03
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Hi guys,

It seems like I’m going to be doing a lot of AIF in the future, so I’d like to share the first AIF error I came across:

The path C:\AIF does not exist or is not accessible from an AOS server. Always use a UNC path.

You can get this error when setting up channels.
While I immediately know what the problem was (you have to use shares), my less technical-minded colleague didn’t know what to do.

This is what Wikipedia has to say about ‘UNC path’:

The Microsoft Windows UNC, short for Universal Naming Convention or Uniform Naming Convention, specifies a common syntax to describe the location of a network resource, such as a shared file, directory, or printer. The UNC syntax for Windows systems has the generic form:

\\ComputerName\SharedFolder\Resource

So there you have it, you have to use a shared folder in stead of a local folder.
This is logical, as AIF runs on server, and the AOS can not access your local folders.

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