Error 1324 the path contains an invalid character

Troubleshooting

The folder path contains invalid character error has been present on all versions of Windows, and Windows 10 is no exception. This error usually appears usually when you try to install or uninstall a certain software, so let’s see how to fix it.

But before we carry on, here are some more examples of this problem:

• The folder path program files (x86) contains an invalid character 
• Error 1324 the path program files contain an invalid character 
• The folder path epic games contain an invalid character 
• Error 1324 the folder path my documents contain an invalid character 
• The folder path start menu contains an invalid character 
• The filename or path contains invalid characters 
• The folder path league of legends contains an invalid character

How can I fix The folder path contains invalid character error?

Table of contents:

• Fix – The folder path contains an invalid character in Program Files
  1. Delete everything from the TEMP folder
  2. Change Drive Letters for your CD or DVD drives
• Fix – The folder path contains invalid character when installing iTunes
  1. Delete all Apple entries from the registry
  2. Make sure you have enough permissions to access specific registry keys
• Fix – The folder path contains invalid character when installing Steam
  1. Extract files from .msi installer
  2. Delete Valve registry keys
• Fix – The folder path contains invalid character when installing or uninstalling software
  1. Use third-party software to remove problematic programs
  2. Install software as a different user
  3. Remove the invalid character using Registry Editor
  4. Remove League of Legends references from the registry
  5. Make sure that you start the installation from the administrator account

Fix The folder path contains an invalid character in Program Files

1. Delete everything from the TEMP folder

If you’re getting an error message that says The folder path contains an invalid character in Program Files, you might want to delete all files and folders from the TEMP folder. To do that, follow these instructions:

1. Press Windows Key + R to open Run window. Type %appdata% and press Enter or click OK.
   
2. Navigate to %USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalTemp
   You might have to go one folder up in order to access the Temp folder.
3. Delete everything from Temp folder and try installing the software again.

2. Change Drive Letters for your CD or DVD drives

Sometimes The folder path contains invalid character in Program Files can be caused by your DVD drive, and it’s advised that you try changing the drive letters. To change drive letters, do the following:

1. Press Windows Key + S and type Computer Management. Choose Computer Management from the list of results.
   
2. Click Disk Management in the left pane. A list of your drives should appear in the right pane.
   
3. Find your CD / DVD drive, right-click it and choose Change Drive Letters.
   
4. Select the drive and click Remove. Make sure to remember the DVD drive letter, you’ll need it later.
   
5. If you have multiple CD / DVD drives, repeat Steps 3 and 4 for all of them.
6. Restart your computer.
7. When your computer restarts, go to Computer Management again.
8. Click Disk Management, find your CD / DVD drive.
9. Right-click and choose Change Drive Letters. Click Add.
10. Now assign the same letter to your DVD drive that you removed in Step 4.
11. Click OK to save the changes. If you have more DVD drives, you’ll have to repeat these steps for all of them.

Fix The folder path contains invalid character when installing iTunes

1. Delete all Apple entries from the registry

If you’re getting The folder path contains invalid character error message while installing iTunes, you might want to remove all Apple entries from your registry. To do that, follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Editor. You can open Registry Editor by pressing Windows Key + R and typing regedit in the Run window. Click OK or press Enter to start Registry Editor.
   
2. When Registry Editor opens, go to the following key:
   • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE
3. Find Apple Inc. and Apple Computers Inc., right-click them and choose Delete.
4. Close Registry Editor, and try installing iTunes again.

2. Make sure you have enough permissions to access specific registry keys

When installing iTunes you might get The folder path contains invalid character error or Could not open key: UNKNOWNComponentsDA42BC89BF25F5BD0AF18C3B9B1A1EE8
b25099274a207264182f8181add555d0 error.

Although these two errors look a lot different, they are both related to registry keys and permissions required to access those keys. To fix these errors, do the following:

1. Open Registry Editor as administrator. To do that, type regedit in the Search bar, right-click regedit from the list of results, and choose Run as administrator.
   
2. When Registry Editor opens, go to the following key:
   • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInstallerUserDataS-1-5-18Components
3. Right-click Components and choose Permissions from the menu.
4. From Group or user names select Users and under Permissions for Users select Full Control.
   
5. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
6. Close Registry Editor and try reinstalling iTunes again.

Fix The folder path contains invalid character when installing Steam

1. Extract files from the .msi installer

As we already mentioned, The folder path contains invalid character error that occurs when users try to install or uninstall a certain software, and Steam is no exception.

If you’re having this error while installing Steam, you might want to try extracting the files from the Steam .msi installer. To do that, follow these steps:

1. Download the Steam setup file.
2. Open Command Prompt. You can open it by pressing Windows Key + X and choosing Command Prompt from the menu.
   
3. When Command Prompt stats, you need to type the following:
   • msiexec /a PathToMSIFile /qb TARGETDIR=DirectoryToExtractTo
4. Remember to replace PathToMSIFile with the location of your Steam setup file and DirectoryToExtractTo with the location where you wish to extract this .msi file.
5. Run that command. After the .msi file has been extracted, go to its extract location, and run Steam.exe.

2. Delete Valve registry keys

When installing Steam, The folder path contains invalid character error can be caused by Valve registry keys, so let’s try to delete them in order to fix this problem.

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Press Control + F and type Valve into the input field.
3. Press Find Next.
4. When the Valve key is found, right click it and press Delete.
5. Press F3 to repeat the search. If you find more Valve keys, make sure that you delete them all.
6. Close Registry Editor and try to install Steam again.

Fix The folder path contains invalid character when installing or uninstalling software

1. Use third-party software to remove problematic programs

A third-party uninstaller removes all traces of software from the registry, so if you’re having The folder path contains invalid character problems while installing or uninstalling certain software, you might want to try a removal tool.

In fact, these tools bring more than powerful removal features to the table. It even raises the stake by adding bonus clean-up utilities to keep your PC uncluttered and optimized.

It deletes the necessary files, all cache from the temp folder, program cache from the application data folder, and any user-specific data.

Since it also eliminates all registry entries from the installation, with no residues remaining on your PC, allowing you to securely reinstall the software or app without facing The folder path contains invalid character error.

The best part is that you get to test their excellent capacities before deciding to close the deal since you benefit from free trials and demo versions.

2. Install the software as a different user

If you’re getting The folder path contains invalid character while installing or uninstalling certain software, you might want to try installing it as a different user.

To do that, first, you need to create a new user on your computer. After you’ve created a new user account, switch to it and try to install the software again.

3. Remove the invalid character using Registry Editor

If installing software as a different user didn’t fix The folder path contains invalid character error, you might want to try removing the invalid character from the registry.

Using this method can sometimes cause damage to your system, so be careful while using it. To remove the invalid character from the registry, follow these steps:

1. Open Registry Editor. When Registry Editor opens, press Ctrl + F.
2. Now you need to enter the name of the location, for example, if The folder path contains invalid character error reports an invalid character in Program Files, type Program Files in the Search field.

1. Press Find, and if the problematic character is found, remove it.
2. Press F3 to find the next occurrence of the character. Repeat this step until you’ve removed all the problematic characters.
3. After all invalid characters have been removed, close Registry Editor.

We have to warn you that in order to complete this solution, you need to know what is the character that is causing this error.

If you remove a wrong character, or you don’t know what you’re doing, you might cause damage to your registry. Before you attempt this step, make sure that you create a backup of your registry on your computer.

4. Remove League of Legends references from the registry

The folder path contains invalid character error sometimes appears during League of Legends installation, and according to reports, this error is caused by League of Legends references in your registry.

To fix this issue, you’ll have to delete those references by following these steps:

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to the following key:
   • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesInstallerProducts
     
     
3. You should see many subkeys. You need to navigate through all of them and delete the ones that have League of Legends references. To delete a key, simply right click it and choose Delete from the menu.

We have to warn you that by deleting these keys you may cause some damage to the registry if you delete the wrong keys. In the worst-case scenario, some programs might stop working if you delete their registry keys by accident, so be careful if you decide to take this step.

To avoid any unnecessary damage, you can create a backup of your registry before you delete those keys.

5. Make sure that you start the installation from the administrator account

Often The folder path contains invalid character error that occurs during the installation of different software, and users have reported this error while trying to install messaging software on their computers.

To fix The folder path contains invalid character error make sure that you start the installation from an administrator account.

Users have reported that they have run installations as administrators (by choosing the Run as Administrator option) from their account, but installation was interrupted by The folder path contains invalid character error.

To fix this issue, it’s advised that you switch to the administrator account and try to run the setup again. Users report that this method has been successful, so it won’t hurt that you try it.

The folder path contains invalid character error is mostly related to your registry, and as you can see, it can make the installation of new software a lot harder.

We did our best to cover most of these issues, and we hope that our solutions were helpful to you. Do let us know how your troubleshooting worked via the comments section below.

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Что такое ошибка 1324

Одним из главных преимуществ Windows является то, что для нее выпущены тысячи различных программ и игр. Многие из них действительно качественные и полезные приложения, которые можно использовать для работы или просто для повседневных задач.

Неудивительно, что первое, что делают пользователи после установки Windows на свой компьютер, — это устанавливают необходимое программное обеспечение. Обычно это довольно легко сделать, но иногда пользователи сталкиваются с различными ошибками. Одной из распространенных проблем при установке приложений является ошибка «Error 1324 The Folder Path Contains an Invalid Character». Обычно она возникает из-за недопустимых символов в профиле пользователя. Существует несколько способов решения этой проблемы:

Как установить под другим профилем

Первое, что следует попробовать, это установить программу под другим профилем. Этот способ обычно помогает пользователям победить эту ошибку. Это довольно легко сделать, вам просто нужно :

• Удерживая нажатой кнопку Windows, нажмите R, чтобы открыть диалоговое окно «Выполнить
• Введите «logoff«, затем нажмите «Enter«.
• Теперь попробуйте войти в систему с другим профилем. Если у вас его еще нет, создайте новый профиль
• Затем вы можете снова установить программу

Как исправить оболочку папки с помощью регистра

Для этого метода вам понадобятся:

• Удерживайте нажатой кнопку Windows и R
• Введите «regedit» в открывшемся окне, затем нажмите «Enter«. Появится редактор реестра
• Перейдите к следующему месту в реестре Windows:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • Программное обеспечение
  • Microsoft
  • Windows
  • CurrentVersion
  • Explorer
  • Папки-ракушки
• Затем нужно открыть «Personal» и проверить, что «Value data» находится на «C:Users<username>my documents» (вместо <username> должно быть ваше имя пользователя).
• Затем то же самое следует повторить для всех этих путей регистра:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer User Shell Folders
  • KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MicrosoftWindows CurrentVersion
  • KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Shell Folders
  • KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer User Shell Folders
• После этого закройте окно и перезагрузите компьютер.
• Попробуйте установить программное обеспечение еще раз

Как удалить недопустимый символ из реестра

Если вы точно знаете, что это за недопустимый символ, вы можете удалить его вручную. Вы можете найти этот символ в ошибке 1324. Если вы замените все копии этого символа на правильные, все должно работать правильно. Для этого вам необходимо:

• Удерживайте нажатой кнопку Windows и R
• Затем введите «regedit«, затем нажмите «Enter«.
• Затем выберите «Редактировать» > «Найти«
• Введите неправильный символ в поле «Найти что» и выберите «Найти дальше«.
• Если символ найден, необходимо вручную изменить все его копии. Затем нажмите F3, чтобы продолжить поиск
• После этого попробуйте установить приложение снова

Эти методы должны помочь решить вашу проблему.

Are you trying to install new software into windows and receiving Error 1234? Generally this error occur while someone trying to install new software and the folder where the installer is going to make some change is having invalid path, you will receive any of the error message mentioned below:

• The folder path ‘program files (x86)’ contains an invalid character
• Error 1324 the path my documents or the volume is invalid
• Error 1324 the path my documents contains an invalid character
• Error 1324 the path my pictures contains an invalid character

Here the folder name will be different from My Documents to Temp, to Program files or anything with the invalid path and will issue Error 1234.

As Windows is one of the most popular operating system, chances are more people will see this error. Based upon our work functions, often we need to install an application on our desktops and laptops in Windows. This is when we encounter with the “Error 1324 saying The Folder Path is containing an Invalid Character“. This is generally triggered by an unacceptable character in the “User Profile”. Here are three ways to solve and overcome this error. Try them and save the charges to be paid to a person for fixing this it.

Method #1 – Install your software in the name of a Different Profile:

Logout from the current user profile you are using and try to install the software in different profile. Here is the brief process to follow if you want to install the software using different profile:

• Hold the Windows Key with pressing “R” on the keyboard to spew the Run dialog.
• Type “logoff”, and enter.
• Try logging in with another user (if accessible). In case you don’t have another account, strive to make another user profile.
• Try installing the software once more.

You can follow the same process by clicking on start menu and log off button. If you want to create new user, goto control penal and create one.

Method #2 – Repair Affected Folders Parth through Registry

• Hold the Windows Key with pressing “R” on the keyboard to spew the Run dialog.
• Type “regedit” and enter, you will be prompt to Registry Editor.
• Circumnavigate to the succeeding location in the Windows Registry:
• CurrentVersion
• Explorer
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER
• Microsoft
• Shell Folders
• Software
• Windows
• Assess the “Personal” value and validate that the Value data is set to “C:Users<username>Documents”. where it states<username> would be your real username. For instance, if you username is “UserName”, you would require the value to say “C:UsersusernameDocuments”
• Shut the Registry Editor, and then start over desktop/laptop.
• Try installing the software once more.

If you still having the same issue, try the below method which I personally tested and worked perfectly fine.

Way #3 – Eliminate Invalid Character from Registry

Microsoft offers a suggestion that states to eliminate the invalid character from the registry if you know what the invalid character is.

• Hold the Windows Key with pressing “R” on the keyboard to spew the Run dialog.
• Type “regedit” and enter, you will be prompt to Registry Editor.
• Choose “Edit” > “Find”.
• Input the invalid character in the “Find What” box, then pick “Find Next”.
• You will see the value where the invalid character is found. Mostly there will the path of the folder where you are installing the software. Edit the path with valid URL and save it.
• Hold F3 for carry onto another search

Once your search result doesn’t give any data, close RegEdit and restart your computer. Now you can install the software without facing an issue. Follow these ways and you would be through the problem. Share your comments and views in the comment box below. You are also open to suggest another ways to solve the problem.

Note: Please make sure to take backup of your registry file before you make any changes.