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Hello!

I have had this problem ever since I purchased and installed Expandrive onto my computer when it was released. I have been extremely frustrated that this problem hasn't been solved by Expandrive.

I finally had it one day and I decided to figure out what the problem is and I am happy to report that I have the solution to the problem.

The problem is that explorer is trying to access a "Special Folder" which is being mapped to a location on the remote drive.

In my case my "My Pictures" was being mapped to "W:\home\lmmoore\My Pictures"

For some reason, either explorer or Expandrive doesn't like it and throws an "Invalid function" error.

The solution is to make sure that all your "Special Folders" are not being mapped to a remote drive.

Please follow these instructions:

1. Choose Start > Run.
2. In the Open box type Regedit and click OK.
3. Browse to the following keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

4. Verify the drive, path, or variables are valid for each of the keys.
For each of these keys on the right hand side there is a Data column. Each entry that refers to a variable or a path name - each value needs to refer to a valid drive, path or variable. These path names may be unique to your individual PC - to restore the defaults it may be necessary to examine a known working machine, or contact a Microsoft Windows technician for additional help.

An additional note: Please pay attention to the "Type" column. My previous "My Pictures" type was "REG_SZ" and when I entered "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures" as my new value. It wasn't finding the location.

I had to delete the "My Pictures" entry and add it again but with a "REG_EXPAND_SZ" (Expandable String Value) type.

Best of luck to you all!

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Leigh Moore

Hello!

I have had this problem ever since I purchased and installed Expandrive onto my computer when it was released. I have been extremely frustrated that this problem hasn't been solved by Expandrive.

I finally had it one day and I decided to figure out what the problem is and I am happy to report that I have the solution to the problem.

The problem is that explorer is trying to access a "Special Folder" which is being mapped to a location on the remote drive.

In my case my "My Pictures" was being mapped to "W:\home\lmmoore\My Pictures"

For some reason, either explorer or Expandrive doesn't like it and throws an "Invalid function" error.

The solution is to make sure that all your "Special Folders" are not being mapped to a remote drive.

Please follow these instructions:

1. Choose Start > Run.
2. In the Open box type Regedit and click OK.
3. Browse to the following keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

4. Verify the drive, path, or variables are valid for each of the keys.
For each of these keys on the right hand side there is a Data column. Each entry that refers to a variable or a path name - each value needs to refer to a valid drive, path or variable. These path names may be unique to your individual PC - to restore the defaults it may be necessary to examine a known working machine, or contact a Microsoft Windows technician for additional help.

An additional note: Please pay attention to the "Type" column. My previous "My Pictures" type was "REG_SZ" and when I entered "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures" as my new value. It wasn't finding the location.

I had to delete the "My Pictures" entry and add it again but with a "REG_EXPAND_SZ" (Expandable String Value) type.

Best of luck to you all!

-
Leigh Moore

Hello!

I have had this problem ever since I purchased and installed Expandrive onto my computer when it was released. I have been extremely frustrated that this problem hasn't been solved by Expandrive.

I finally had it one day and I decided to figure out what the problem is and I am happy to report that I have the solution to the problem.

The problem is that explorer is trying to access a "Special Folder" which is being mapped to a location on the remote drive.

In my case my "My Pictures" was being mapped to "W:\home\lmmoore\My Pictures"

For some reason, either explorer or Expandrive doesn't like it and throws an "Invalid function" error.

The solution is to make sure that all your "Special Folders" are not being mapped to a remote drive.

Please follow these instructions:

1. Choose Start > Run.
2. In the Open box type Regedit and click OK.
3. Browse to the following keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

4. Verify the drive, path, or variables are valid for each of the keys.
For each of these keys on the right hand side there is a Data column. Each entry that refers to a variable or a path name - each value needs to refer to a valid drive, path or variable. These path names may be unique to your individual PC - to restore the defaults it may be necessary to examine a known working machine, or contact a Microsoft Windows technician for additional help.

An additional note: Please pay attention to the "Type" column. My previous "My Pictures" type was "REG_SZ" and when I entered "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures" as my new value. It wasn't finding the location.

I had to delete the "My Pictures" entry and add it again but with a "REG_EXPAND_SZ" (Expandable String Value) type.

Best of luck to you all!

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Leigh Moore

I too had the demo version of SFTPdrive. I purchased Expandrive as soon as it was released on windows only to be greeted by this "Incorrect function" error. This has been happening for months now.