{"id":1008,"date":"2012-09-26T21:45:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T04:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecyberwolfe.com\/blog\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2012-09-26T21:45:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T04:45:02","slug":"program-crashes-with-cant-get-local-appdata-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thecyberwolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/program-crashes-with-cant-get-local-appdata-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"Program crashes with “Can’t get local AppData folder”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another quick notes post.<\/p>\n

If you have a prgram fail to run with this error, it’s probably a bad entry in the registry. Good news is, it’s easy to find and fix.<\/p>\n

STANDARD WARNING: Editing the registry can blow things up permanently if you don’t know what you’re doing. Make backups first, then backup your backups. Redundancy is good.<\/p>\n

Open Regedit and search ‘Computer’ for “user Shell Folders” or just go here:<\/p>\n

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\User Shell Folders<\/p>\n

And also “shell folders” here (which is just a few entries North…):<\/p>\n

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders<\/p>\n

Search through all the values. If you find one that shouldn’t exist (like say, it points to a drive letter you don’t use) correct the value in both locations and try the program again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve run into this problem before and had it change back on me, so keep these instructions handy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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