Error 1327. Invalid Drive Windows 8

I'm trying to reinstall LibreOffice but getting the titular error. I think it's because I recombined a partitioned drive (D:\ and E:\ became D:) and LibreOffice was installed on the E:\ drive. So now I can't re/uninstall it.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/327763

Is there anything I can do about this? I'm guessing one fix would be to change all references to the E drive to the D drive, but this isn't really feasible by hand and I don't have the scripting skills to do it.

Veta

Posted 2015-08-07T11:31:57.010

Reputation: 253

Answers

I used a registry search and replace tool to solve this. There's many available online.

There were some OemPath keys I couldn't modify.

Veta

Posted 2015-08-07T11:31:57.010

Reputation: 253

If your E: drives files/folders is still there, you can do something like this:

Run subst E: D:\E_Drive or subst E: D:\ from a command prompt and that will substitute E: with D: and let LibreOffice think that E: is still there. To delete E: run subst E: /D from a command prompt.

td512

Posted 2015-08-07T11:31:57.010

Reputation: 4 778

The E:\ doesn't exist anymore but the references are still to it in the registry. Would what you suggest still work? I'm a noob at windows, I mostly use linux. – Veta – 2015-08-07T11:39:10.583

I'm trying some software to search and replace, I backed up my keys so we'll see how it goes. – Veta – 2015-08-07T11:42:02.607