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Early Adopter Program ArcGIS Ideas Esri Support Services ArcGIS Blogs ArcGIS Code Sharing Product Life Cycles Manage Cases Request Case Start Chat Back to results Print Share Is This Content Helpful? Search on GeoNet Submit to ArcGIS Ideas Error: Error reading package contents Error Message After receiving a map package, attempts to open the package cause the following error: Error: Error reading package contents. Cause There are a number of issues that cause this error. Listed below are several steps to diagnose the issue and determine a solution. Solution or Workaround Confirm which of the following workflows is used to open the map package: If unable to open the package when double-clicking a map package directly from an email or through the network in which it was provided, the workflows listed below are recommended. Solution A Save the package to the local computer drive. Navigate to the package within ArcCatalog. Right-click the map package and select Unpack. Solution B Use the Extract Package tool within ArcMap to unpack the map package.Extract the package contents to a specified folder (see the Related Links section below). Determine if the map package was created in the same version of the software as the recipient, including service packs. Map packages may not open if: The map package was created in a software version that is newer than the recipient’s.The map package was created in a version of the software that has been updated with service packs, while the recipient’s software has not been updated. Determine if the map package was created using SDE data. If the map package was created using SDE data: Confirm that the Include ArcSDE Geodatabase Data option was selected when the map package was created. ORConfirm that the recipient has access to the ArcSDE geodatabase data. Note: By default, the ArcSDE geodatabase data is referenced by the package instead of being included in the package. Because the data is not included, the recipient m
Early Adopter Program ArcGIS Ideas Esri Support Services ArcGIS Blogs ArcGIS Code Sharing Product Life Cycles Manage Cases Request Case Start Chat Back to results Print Share Is This Content Helpful? Search on GeoNet Submit to ArcGIS Ideas Error: Invalid package. Error reading package contents Error Message Clicking 'Add to ArcGIS' on a layer package that is shared to a group that http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000011862 you belong to from the ArcGIS Online Sharing Application results in the following error message: Note:The error message can also be generated when clicking 'Add to ArcGIS' on a corrupt or invalid layer package from the ArcGIS Online Sharing Application. Cause This is a known issue http://support.esri.com/technical-article/000010684 for ArcGIS 9.3.1 products. Solution or Workaround Download the patch in the Related Information section below to fix the issue. Related Information ArcGIS 9.3.1 Desktop Download Layer Package Patch Created: 5/5/2016 Last Modified: 5/5/2016 Article ID: 000010684 Software: ArcGIS - ArcEditor 9.3.1 ArcGIS - ArcInfo 9.3.1 ArcGIS - ArcView 9.3.1 Is This Content Helpful? Is This Content Helpful? Yes No We're glad to know this article was helpful. How can we make this better? Submit Contact our Support Team Request Case Start Chat Questions or issues with the site? Send Feedback Contact Support USA +1-888-377-4575 Name Email URL Please rate your online support experience with Esri's Support website.* Poor Below Satisified Satisfied Above Satisfied Excellent What issues are you having with the site? How can we improve? Submit Feedback sent successfully. Error while sending mail. Loading
About UC ← A Great Time at the Esri UC!ArcGIS 9.3.1 SP2 QIP Windows 2008 MrSID Patch Released → Why Did I Get an Invalid Package Error When I'm Unpacking https://blogs.esri.com/esri/supportcenter/2011/07/25/why-did-i-get-the-error-invalid-package-when-i-am-unpacking-my-own-package/ My Own Package? by kirs6605 on July 25, 2011 You just created a Map/Layer package on your machine and upon clicking it, see the error: "The package is not valid. Check with the package publisher for an updated package". However, when you send the same map package to a colleague on the other side of the U.S., he can open it without error reading a hitch. What's going on?!? Well, the behavior might occur if the you're trying to unpack a map or layer package with the My Documents folder redirected to a UNC path. Quite often, the redirection of My Documents is not a change that you have implemented, but instead was changed by default to adhere to a group policy in an organization. The screenshot below error reading package shows properties storing My Documents at \localhostdocuments instead of the default location, C:Documents and SettingsusernameMy DocumentsArcGISPackages. By default, unpacking will always extract the package into your user profile under: XP - C:Documents and SettingsusernameMy DocumentsArcGISPackages Vista and Windows 7 - C:UsersusernameDocumentsArcGISPackages If your My Documents folder is mapped to a UNC path, the ArcGISfilehander that is used to unpack the package will not honor the UNC path and therefore, will fail to open the package. The workaround for this issue is to modify the package location options to specify a local folder to unpack the file in the ArcGISFileHandler.exe at C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesArcGISbin. You can also Map the UNC path to a network drive and change the location of the My Documents folder to that mapped network drive. Doing this, you can pack as many layer or map packages as you want and will be able to open them without any errors. Related Links: Package Map (Data Management) Package Layer (Data Management) Bug NIM068057 Sisi Y. Support Analyst - Desktop, Esri Support Services - Charlotte, NC
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