Invalid Drive F:

Before the hard drive on which it resided failed, I had my documents located apart from the OS on partition F: Currently, no partition has this drive letter.

This has caused problems with installation of a couple of programs, the last of which is Nero KwikMedia, which since it can't find it, as indicated in the screenshot, fails installation.

When I check the current location of my libraries, they are all on C:, as there were originally. Something is still pointing to F:...how do I determine what, and how do I change it?

Mike Connor,

No, there was a drive F:, which was arbitrarily assigned to an unallocated partition on an unused drive, but I had already changed that drive letter before the problem occurred, and before posting this question.

Bare Foot Kid said:

Have a look at this one.


Registry Editor - Find and Find Next

I know how to do a search in the registry, but how does this help me to find a drive letter assignment?

Bare Foot Kid,

I just put F:\ into the search box, and it came up with a very long list of keys, but from what I can tell, it seems that most, if not all, are dedicated to some particular app, or to some more general key, but none specifically pointing to the library locations, as I figured that the problem is caused by. I'm a bit reluctant to do a wholesale edit of so many keys. Especially since I can't see any that appear to relate.

seekermeister said:

Before the hard drive on which it resided failed, I had my documents located apart from the OS on partition F: Currently, no partition has this drive letter.

This has caused problems with installation of a couple of programs, the last of which is Nero KwikMedia, which since it can't find it, as indicated in the screenshot, fails installation.

When I check the current location of my libraries, they are all on C:, as there were originally. Something is still pointing to F:...how do I determine what, and how do I change it?

Did you move the Documents folder back to its default location before that drive failed and you removed it from the system.
If not I think that is the problem.

Look at this key in the registry

HKCU\Software\Microsift\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

And see if it is pointing to that phantom F drive.
Also
HKCU\Software\Microsift\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Better yet do a search of the registry for F:\Documents or whatever name you used when you moved it to the F drive