Samildanach Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Whenever I try to install a couple programs, namely any version of Java Runtime Environment, I get the following error:"Error 1324. The Path C: contains an invalid character."I've been searching the internet for days, and found a number of solutions that didn't work:It's not an invalid character in my profile nameIt's not that my CD drive is invalidIt's not that I have insufficient CPU speed as I've installed it before without this errorIt's not insufficient HD space, as I have 50GB freeDoes anyone have any fresh ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hello, and welcome to the Windows Forum!Which version of the Java RTE are you trying to install - the online installation? If so, try to download the full offline installation; this may install without the 1324 error.If not, here are a few other possibilities. (Please note that the 1324 error is an Install Shield error). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I tried both online and offline installations of 3 or more different versions of Java, and that's pretty much the same google search I hunted through for a week or so, without finding anything helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted September 4, 2006 Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 Hmmm - according to various articles from that Google search, the error message should show you the invalid character in the path. However, C: does not appear to have any invalid character!So it is most likely another error that is incorrectly diagnosed. And you obviously have already looked at a number of possibilities.Question: have you at one time been able to install an earlier version of Java RTE?I assume that you are trying to install Java RTE 1.5; can you try to install Java RTE 1.6 (beta-2), or have you already tried this.[Edit] Your C: drive *is* a HD drive, not a CD-ROM or Floppy drive ? (see http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4905486) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 C: is the hard drive, and I'm not installing it from a disc of any sort.I used to have it installed, but did a system restore a while back, which was when the problem appeared.I have tried to install a couple versions of the Java 2 Runtime Environment, builds 6 and 8, as well as a copy of the SDK (which I understand includes the Runtime Environment) and they all fail in the same general area, with the same message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Since we really do not know what causes this error, would suggest to try to run the system file checker, to see if there is anything missing or damaged on your system.The other suggestion is again to try to install Java RTE 1.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 System file checker kept asking me for my Windows disc, so I went to a support site for it, and did everything it suggested to no avail =\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 System file checker kept asking me for my Windows disc, so I went to a support site for it, and did everything it suggested to no avail =\Sorry, I perfectly don't understand this comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 System file checker kept trying to update files, asking for my windows disc. I went to a site that offered maybe 10 things to do to fix this (like copying those files to my HD and pointing stf to it) and none of them worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I don't know of any other way to run SFC than with the original Windows disk.Two more questionsWhat version of Windows Installer do you have?Have you tried the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service? I don't know if this will solve your problem, but it's worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I can't install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service ^^,Same error. I also get that error, now, when I try to install/update iTunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Any Xp home cd will work, so can you borrow a friends disk and then run SFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Well, I do have the CD. The support site for sfc said that all it needs is the I386 folder. I tried reading it off that CD and copying it to my HD, and changing the registry settings to reflect it, and no combination worked, though it said that either should... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 I don't understand; why don't you just insert the Windows CD when SFC asks for it...?If you cannot get SFC to work, then maybe a Windows repair install is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 System file checker kept asking me for my Windows disc, so I went to a support site for it, and did everything it suggested to no avail =\Sorry, I perfectly don't understand this comment.You don't understand..?? What's not to understand..?If/When you run SFC / scannow you have to insert the win-install disk , Otherwise the windows file checker has nothing to compare the hard drive to...Any Xp home cd will work, so can you borrow a friends disk and then run SFC.Thats not true..! , It has to be the one that was installed on your hard drive , HAS TO BE.. Because it checks ( well compare's ) product key of what's installed to the key on the disk...Microsoft's way of stick-in-it to you .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samildanach Posted September 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 I tried running it both with the disc in, as well as after copying the relevant folder (i386) to C:\ and changing the registry to reflect it, and either way it asks for the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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