Problem

When installing the Processing Manager, you get error 1406 saying it couldn't create the value "DumpFolder" in the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\ftkGE.exe".

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Resolution

  1. Open regedit
  2. Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting"
  3. Delete the "LocalDumps" key (be sure there is nothing else in that key needed by other software)
  4. Reboot
  5. Attempt to reinstall the Processing Manager

 

Cause

There is a problem with the ""HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps" registry key.