Friday, June 1, 2018
Fix Windows Installer Invalid Drive error
Fix Windows Installer Invalid Drive error
You may get an error like this when trying to install something on Windows (Windows 7 in my case).
You may assume it is caused by an inaccessible network drive (e.g. H in my case) and that disconnecting the drive will solve the problem. It didnt for me.
Rebooting also didnt solve the problem.
Then I found this Microsoft article, which was rubbish.
Then finally I found this Microsoft Technet article and the top answer over there solved my problem.
Solution
The Technet article recommends checking the following 2 registry locations:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders
andHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders
In the first location I found this. Note how there is one reference to drive H, the rest are to a system var %USERPROFILE%.
Simply modifying the path H:Favorites to %USERPROFILE%Favorites solved the problem immediately. The installer ran perfectly without throwing up the "Invalid Drive" error.
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