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F:\ The directory name is invalid

Anonymous
2015-09-09T03:23:02+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2017-10-20T09:43:27+00:00

    the only solution I could find was to unplug the card reader. Microsoft update created the problem. dskchk will not solve the issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-01T21:19:25+00:00

    wtf microsoft why why why. Oh I know its for the money. Windows 10 worse thing since win 8

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-09T21:20:22+00:00

    This problem has only become evident after the latest Windows 10 update.

    The solution I have found that works for me is:

    1. Click on the File Explorer (usually for me on the task bar). If it is not there - just type "File Explorer" at the start menu.
    2. Scroll down the left pane until the drive is found - in my case it was "Removable Disk (E:)".
    3. Right click on this and select: "Eject". The prompt "Safe to remove ..." will appear.
    4. Click on this and it will go away and then the File Explorer will no longer display the non-existent drive.

    Hopefully the annoying message that used to appear will no longer occur.

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