Not tested, but can you try to start the command box from which you run opatch as "run as administrator" Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer -- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Canaan Sent: donderdag 26 augustus 2010 15:44 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle Patching / CPU On Windows 2008 We are having a problem installing the July CPU on Windows 2008 servers. The problem is that OPatch wants to create a directory that starts with a period (.) and Windows won't let it. I've opened an SR with Oracle and they're answer is that it's our issue with the way the servers are set up. Our SAs say it's Oracles problem and they aren't changing anything. It seems to be a standoff and I'm caught in the middle. We didn't have the problem with Windows 2003 servers. My questions are: 1) Has anyone successfully installed this CPU on a Windows 2008 server? 2) If so, did you have to do anything specific to get it to run? Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan@xxxxxxx) (585) 475-7886 - work (585) 339-8659 - cell "Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l