"Illegal characters in path" error and service doe

[davidasna]

I installed SOS 4.1 on a Windows 2000 server. The service does not start, it fails with message: "Could not start the SourceOffSite 4 Server on Local Computer. The service did not return an error. This could be an internal Windows Error or an internal service error. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator"
When I check the Even Log (Application) for details, I see this error:

Service cannot be started. System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
at ClassicService.Server.Startup(String[] args)
at ClassicService.ClassicService.OnStart(String[] args)
at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

Any help would be appreciated. By the way, I tried changing the service log on properties to use the Domain Admin account and Local System and it doesn't make a difference.

Thanks
David

[lbauer]

This is a known issue:

http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?t=1987

[davidasna]

After making the registry modification described (removing the quotes), I now get the following error in event viewer:

Service cannot be started. System.Exception: Error starting the 'SOS 4' server. Please check the server log for more details.
at ClassicService.ClassicService.OnStart(String[] args)
at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

[davidasna]

I can start the SOS server now, I had not configured a DB.
David