You Receive Error 1327 Invalid Drive: Error when Installing or uninstalling an application

Issue:

You Receive Error 1327 Invalid Drive: Error when Installing or uninstalling an application on your computer.

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Resolution:

Click Start-->Run. In the Run dialog box type  regedit, and then click OK.

In the Registry Editor, locate the following registry keys and look for the drives which are not correct for your computer

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

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Right click on the Incorrect keys in the left pane and click on Modify

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In the Edit String box remove and enter the correct drive letter in the Value data field, and then click OK. do this for all the wrong keys.

In the below example the key is pointing to k:\mydocs change this to the correct home drive letter on your computer c:\mydocs

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Exit the Registry Editor.

You should now be able to do the Install/Uninstall.

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