Unsupported characters for the installation path
In the installation directory path for IBM Installation Manager, do not use these special characters:
Special Character Description width="39.8989898989899%"> ` width="60.1010101010101%">grave accent width="39.8989898989899%">! width="60.1010101010101%">exclamation point width="39.8989898989899%">@ width="60.1010101010101%">at sign width="39.8989898989899%"># width="60.1010101010101%">number sign width="39.8989898989899%">$ width="60.1010101010101%">dollar sign width="39.8989898989899%">% width="60.1010101010101%">percent sign width="39.8989898989899%">^ width="60.1010101010101%">caret width="39.8989898989899%">& width="60.1010101010101%">ampersand width="39.8989898989899%"> * width="60.1010101010101%">asterisk width="39.8989898989899%">( width="60.1010101010101%">opening parenthesis Parentheses can be used on Microsoft Windows when there is a preceding space. In some cases, () might show in the default installation directory when you install a 32-bit package on a computer running a 64-bit version of Windows .
This example contains parentheses and is valid: C:\Program Files (x86)\SDP
width="39.8989898989899%">) width="60.1010101010101%">closing parenthesis Parentheses can be used on Windows when there is a preceding space. In some cases, () might show in the default installation directory when installing a 32-bit package on a computer running a 64-bit version of Windows.
This example contains parentheses and is valid: C:\Program Files (x86)\SDP
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