"Problem installing Fusion [Errno 22] Invalid Argument" when installing Fusion

Autodesk Support

Mar 17, 2025

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Issue:

The following message appears when trying to install Fusion: 

Problem installing Fusion. 

What's wrong? We are not sure what is preventing installation. 
[Errno 22] Invalid argument.
Problem installing Fusion [Errno 22]
 

Solution:

Remove folders: 

  1. Restart the computer. 
  2. Close any Autodesk desktop software. 
  3. Open File Explorer. 
  4. Navigate to %localappdata%/Autodesk. 
  5. Delete the Webdeploy and Web services folders. 
  6. Disable any antivirus and Firewall.
  7. Click run and type "User account control"
  8. Move the setting to "Never notify"
  9. Reinstall Fusion. See How to download Fusion. 

Uninstall and reinstall:

  1. Uninstall through one of the following methods: 
  2. Reinstall by downloading Fusion 360: 

Note: Turn ON the Firewall and Antivirus software after first start of Fusion.
 

Make sure that there is space on Desktop to create Fusion shortcut:

  1. Remove unnecessary shortcuts.
  2. Group data into folders.

Products:

Fusion;

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