The Directory Name Is Invalid - Error at Startup

keithos27 · Jan 27, 2016

Hello, I recently installed PArallels Desktop for Mac 11 Pro on my MacBook Pro (early 2011 with DVD drive) with Windows 10 Pro. Recently Windows started bugging me at startup to configure what to do with remove drives (E

. I tapped on it, tapped on configure settings and got an error message saying "E:\ The directory name is invalid." I'm not sure why it's all of a sudden looking for my DVD drive all of the time, but how do I fix this bug/error?

Padman · Jan 27, 2016

Hi keithos27 ,

try to disable "sharing" from Virtual Machine config -> options -> sharing.

keithos27 · Jan 27, 2016

Hi Padman,

I have Windows completely isolated from the Mac... thus sharing is disabled.

keithos27 · Feb 1, 2016

For a few days this just went away on its own... stopped with the errors and everything. Today I'm getting a new error where it opens up Windows Explorer trying to show me the contents of E:\ (the DVD drive) and says to insert a disc.

keithos27 · Feb 2, 2016

Can anyone help, please? Anyone from Parallels?