5 people reported
All time, since Sep 30, including 4 thumbs-up on GitHub.
Desktop app won't launch when LocalAppData\Google is a junction
“After the idle stealth update to Claude 2.16120.0.0 (MSIX), the desktop app fails to launch with "The parameter is incorrect" (0x80070057).”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/707/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends
Launch fails with "The parameter is incorrect" (0x80070057) after an update, when %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google is a directory junction to another volume.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Windows desktop app
- Error text
The parameter is incorrect- Platforms
- Windows
- How bad
- Stops work: a core feature can't be used.
Not quite your bug?
Original reports1, newest first
- Windows MSIX 2.16120: app won't launch (0x80070057 "The parameter is incorrect") when %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google is a junction to another volume#98328