Error: Illegal characters in path about staxrip HOT 7 CLOSED

That fixed it - thanks very much. What an obscure error (from where I sit anyway).

Just bought you a coffee for your trouble .

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Do you mean StaxRip or an encoder? If you, which one?

Question is how do I ensure all traces of Staxrip are removed to ensure a fresh start?

Basically deleting/renaming the Settings folder is all you need.

Could there be registry entries?

The only Reg-Keys set by StaxRip are here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\StaxRip
used for Shutdown and Locations.

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Clean install as your suggestions to - C:\StaxRip-v2.38.7-x64

Add video file - no settings changed - error log:

`ArgumentException (v2.38.7)

Illegal characters in path.

System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
at StaxRip.Package.FindInPathEnvVar(String filename) in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\General\Package.vb:line 3221
at StaxRip.Package.FindEverywhere(String fileName, String ignorePath) in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\General\Package.vb:line 3168
at StaxRip.Package.get_Path() in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\General\Package.vb:line 3114
at StaxRip.AppsForm.SearchTextBox_TextChanged() in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\Forms\AppsForm.vb:line 689
at StaxRip.AppsForm..ctor() in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\Forms\AppsForm.vb:line 412
at StaxRip.Package.VerifyOK(Boolean showEvenIfNotRequired) in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\General\Package.vb:line 2793
at StaxRip.GlobalClass.VerifyRequirements() in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\General\GlobalClass.vb:line 564
at StaxRip.MainForm.OpenVideoSourceFiles(IEnumerable`1 files, Boolean isEncoding) in D:\Code\Github\staxrip\staxrip\Source\Forms\MainForm.vb:line 2109

`
I tried this with several video files, same error. Same with NVENC and software 264/265 encoders.

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Okay, this is related to a change in v2.38.1, so v2.38.0 should not be affected.

What did you do to get this error message? Just opening a source file?

Can you open a console (CMD) and run this command:
echo %PATH%
and then share the output with me? Probable user names can be replaced in case you want/need to, but please keep the folder Hierarchie intact.

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All I did was open a video file:

C:\Users\johnv>echo %PATH% C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH";C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\WireGuard\;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA App\NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA App\NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA App\NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\;C:\Program Files\Tailscale\;C:\Users\johnv\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

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Your Path variable contains a path that has an invalid character:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH"

I guess after you remove that ending " StaxRip will work without issues.

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Thank you very much, too. ❤️

Glad this fixed your problem.

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