Yes, sorry.
F:\ The directory name is invalid
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I updated to Windows 10 and now I'm getting frequent error messages saying "F:\ The directory name is invalid" and "G:\ The directory name is invalid" I'm not sure what my F:\ and G:\ drives are. I can't find anything about them on my computer. These error messages pop up out of nowhere. Any idea why I'm getting them or what I can do to stop them?
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Anonymous
2015-10-14T18:17:24+00:00 -
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Neil D 29,495 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2015-10-14T18:45:05+00:00 Do you have either drive letters shown in Quick access. Have they been USB drives in the past.?
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Anonymous
2015-11-11T08:32:05+00:00 I think may have worked for me. Thank you
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Anonymous
2015-11-12T03:02:02+00:00 Hi Noel,
We are glad to know that your issue got fixed.
Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are happy to assist you.
Thank you.
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Anonymous
2015-11-20T23:57:06+00:00 I receive the same error (except mine is E:). On my laptop drive E is my built in SD card reader that does not have a card in it. No idea why I'm getting this error. It never happened with Windows 7 or 8, 8.1.