Re: Error 1324

I did a clean reinstall of XP Pro onto a PC with one hard drive.
I then connected a USB external drive and copied the old "data" drive off
another PC to it.
I called the new folder, that I copied the old data drive to "G Perrins 1".
G was the old drive letter and Perrins1 was the name of the PC.
I have since renamed the folder with no effect. The "Problem" folder no
longer exists.

I am currently trying to install "Avery labels" and the "Avery Wizard"
starts to run and then stops with the error message.

Although I am not having problems with MS Office should I still run the
Windows installer cleanup prog?
I am wary because I do not want to lose Office.

The drive is NTFS.



"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

"The path volume(G) from Perrins1 contains an invalid character"

You did not state when you get the error. When installing software? With
Installshield or Windows Installer? What software?

What is Perrins1? A folder?

Error -1324: The Folder Path Contains an Invalid Character
http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108470

Could be a screwed up Shell Folder.

Error 1324: The folder path 'My Pictures' contains an invalid character
during the installation of a software
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/err1324.htm

Something messed in one of these keys.

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

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

Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

Some folder may actually have an invalid character.
The following characters are invalid as file or folder names on Windows
using NTFS:

/ ? < > \ : * | " and any character you can type with the Ctrl key

In addition to the above illegal characters the caret ^ is also not
permitted under Windows Operating Systems using the FAT file system.

Also a space at the end of the name or a period at the end of the name.

"Error 1324" During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/242913

To resolve this issue, run the Microsoft Windows Installer CleanUp utility
to remove the Windows Installer registry settings, and then reinstall
Office. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Download, install, and then run the Windows Installer CleanUp utility to
remove the Windows Installer registry settings associated with your
Microsoft Office installation.
For additional information about how to download, install, and use the
Windows Installer CleanUp utility, click the following article number to
view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
290301 Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
2. To use the Windows CleanUp utility, follow these steps:
a. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Installer Clean
Up.
b. Select the program that you want to remove, and then click Remove.
c. Click OK, and then click Exit.
3. Run the Setup program for your product to reinstall.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9AC81B6A-D613-4D7C-82DA-A7FFB7B78B8E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
leonperrins <leonperrins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
None of these solutions apply to my situation.
It seems to centre around the fact that a drive is concerned.
Somewhere there appears to a reference to a drive/folder(on the
replacement drive) that no longer exists.
I tried renaming the folder on the new drive that I thought was causing
the problem but this didn't work.
I can find no reference of this error affecting XP.


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:


http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&spid=global&query=Error+1324&pwt=false&title=false&kt=PHRASE&mdt=0&res=20&ast=1&ast=2&ast=3&ast=4&mode=a&adv=1

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:5CC4926F-68F3-4FCC-9634-39FB9D08F853@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
leonperrins <leonperrins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
My error seems somewhat different to others I have seen.
"The path volume(G) from Perrins1 contains an invalid character"
I believe this arose when I copied a complete drive onto a new hard
drive. This error stops me installing some programmes from my hard
drive.

I am running XP Pro +SP2.


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