Error 1603 and 1304 during Deployment creation Revit Architecture, Error 1304.Error writing to file

If you analyze the verbose log, you will find error similar to the following; this error could due to the windows limitation on the number of characters in the path (260 characters)

 

(UNKNOWN)     Error 1304.Error writing to file: \\servername\sharename\aaaaaaa_vvvvvv\01 tttttr\2012\Revit Architecture\Deployment\AdminImage\3rdParty\x86\VSTA\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VB\Snippets\1033\fundamentals\datatypes\ConvertBetweenSimplifiedChineseandTraditionalChineseCharacters.snippet. Verify that you have access to that directory.

Solution is to shorten the UNC path prior to “adminimage”

\\servername\sharename\aaaaaaa_vvvvvv\01 tttttr\2012\Revit Architecture\Deployment

To

\\servername\sharename\2012\Revit Architecture\Deployment