# Technical Fixes to Overcome QuickBooks Error 1317

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting </span><strong>QuickBooks error 1317</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> won’t be surprising for those who have been using this application for a long time. You receive the following message on the screen when this takes place: </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Error 1317: An Error occurred while attempting to create the directory drive name:/folder.</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If we talk about the causes, then insufficient RAM, lack of permissions, and changes in the Windows registry are some common factors that can contribute to this error. That’s why experts have undergone deep research and, after exploring every information about the problem, they have come up with this detailed blog. In this post, we have mentioned the reasons causing the issues, along with the solutions for elimination. So, if you want your QB back to working order, go through the post carefully.</span></p>
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<h2>Reasons Behind the QB Error Code 1317<em><strong><br /></strong></em></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this particular section, we have outlined a list of factors that might be responsible for triggering QB error 1317. Let me take you to each of them:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The leading cause behind this problem can be corrupt system files.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It can be due to insufficient RAM.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You may experience error code 1317 due to a lack of permission to install the application.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Microsoft Visual Studio can access the drive, which is one of the main causes of the error occurring. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">It may take place if you make unauthorized changes to the Windows registry.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The problem can be due to a corrupt hard disk.</span></li>
</ul>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working Solutions to Resolve the QuickBooks Error 1317<br /></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take the following solutions into consideration and get your QB working. Let me walk you through the solutions mindfully:</span></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Technique 1: Change the permission settings<br /></span></h3>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Restart the computer.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Log in as an admin.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Locate the installation path.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right-click on the </span><strong>Program </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">folder.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose </span><strong>Properties</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Click on </span><strong>Sharing and Security</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose </span><strong>Sharing </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and then tap on </span><strong>Advanced Sharing</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap on the </span><strong>Permission </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">menu.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Either choose the </span><strong>Everyone </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">option on the </span><strong>group </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">or click on </span><strong>User Name</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap on the </span><strong>Allow </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">button that you will find in the </span><strong>Full Control Line</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> option. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, you need to select the </span><strong>user name </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">box.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pick the </span><strong>Allow </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">button.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Head to the </span><strong>Change Permission </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">option.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark this box.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, change the permissions related to the child object.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap </span><strong>OK</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you see the </span><strong>Do you wish to continue?</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> text, click </span><strong>Yes</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose </span><strong>OK </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">to save the changes.</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Technique 2: Let’s run QuickBooks Install Diagnostic Tool<br /></span></h3>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Open QB Tool Hub.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Choose </span><strong>Installation Issue</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">s.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tap on the </span><strong>QuickBooks Install Diagnostic Tool </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and wait for the required time to run.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the diagnosis is finished, you need to restart the computer.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Start the computer in the next step.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The above solutions are also proven effective in resolving <strong><a href="https://quickbooksdatamigration.com/blog/quickbooks-error-1903/">error code 1903 in QuickBooks</a></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parting Thoughts<br /></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout the blog, we have discussed the reasons that can cause QuickBooks error 1317. Moreover, you have been given a set of solutions to resolve it. In case you don’t want to take a risk and prefer contacting an QDM expert, give 1.833.802.0002 a call.</span></span></p>
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