Applying Opatch issues

C:\Users\bp1adm>d:

D:\>set ORACLE_HOME=d:\oracle\bp1\102

D:\>opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.2
OPatch could not create/open history file for writing : d:\oracle\bp1\102\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch_history.txt
d:\oracle\bp1\102\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch_history.txt (The system cannot find the path specified)

Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.2
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.


Oracle Home       : d:\oracle\bp1\102
Central Inventory : C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
   from           : n/a
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.4.2
OUI version       : 10.2.0.5.0
OUI location      : d:\oracle\bp1\102\oui
Log file location : d:\oracle\bp1\102\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch2013-04-23_19-10-46PM.log



Inventory load failed... OPatch cannot load inventory for the given Oracle Home.

LsInventorySession failed: LsInventory cannot create the log directory d:\oracle\bp1\102\cfgtoollogs\opatch\lsinv\lsinv
ntory2013-04-23_19-10-46PM.txt
java.lang.RuntimeException: LsInventory cannot create the log directory d:\oracle\bp1\102\cfgtoollogs\opatch\lsinv\lsin
entory2013-04-23_19-10-46PM.txt
        at oracle.opatch.LsInventorySession.init(LsInventorySession.java:217)
        at oracle.opatch.LsInventorySession.loadAndPrintInventory(LsInventorySession.java:373)
        at oracle.opatch.LsInventorySession.process(LsInventorySession.java:324)
        at oracle.opatch.OPatchSession.main(OPatchSession.java:1534)
        at oracle.opatch.OPatch.main(OPatch.java:619)

OPatch failed with error code = 73

D:\>


Resolution
To ensure that opatch is invoking the latest version, for example if youare running 10.2.0.5-64bit db then your opatch should be 10.2.05.1.


After put in the latest opatch the opatch lsinventory works


Now apply generic patch got error

ApplySession failed: ApplySession failed to prepare the system.

apparently windows 2008 has some unique permission issue where if i login as user administrator and opatch apply for the generic patch and it works
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=928440

now trying the patch 16

succeeded opatch apply using administrator account in windows.