DFInit fails to run/initialise because the logged in user name has a space in it.

Problem DFInit.exe fails to run/initialise when the logged in user has a space in their name.

Solution Update the /user: argument to allow "<username with spaces>" quotes around the username or something.

Description Yep. My username (on my windows 10 developer machine here) has a name in it. As such DFInit fails.

Repo

• Create a new windows 10 machine.
• Install VS2015 with Update 2 (i’ve not done U3 … but i doubt this has anything to do with it…)
• Install SDK2.9 from WPI
• Create a new Cloud Service project thingy
• Hit play and run it.

So the first time I ran a cloud service (this is a legacy solution) the Azure Emulator stuff tried to initialise for the first time, etc. Ok - magic that happens behind the scenes. Np probs. But fail - that popup window was displayed. Ba-Bow… Sad Trumbone.

Work Around

• Open Console
• cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\Emulator\devfabric"
• dfinit

that runs DFInit.exe with the currently logged in user and magic just works!

Here’s the winning screen…

Now, here’s an awesome picture of an ocean unicorn to help persuade you to fix this:

[erezvani1529]

@PureKrome! My bad! closed this issue by accident… will confirm with Peter if there are any updates and keep this thread posted 😃

[jlaherran]

You can re-open it… Nowadays still happening. Trying to open the first time Azure Store Emulator 5.10 it calls DFInit to add the current user to the perf log users gruop and failed because the white space included in the user.