Shapes Lab storage error

[YuPeiHenry]

Bug Report

Shapes Lab will never start correctly if there is a category that cannot be retrieved. There is no option to reset shapes lab to mediate the problem either.

Environment

PowerPoint 2016

Steps to replicate

Have a category with an illegal name, (eg. COM1). Currently error is given whenever shapes lab is open.

Recommended fix

Delete the category that cause the problem.

Other info (Stack Trace)

System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
Could not find a part of the path 'C:'.
Stack Trace:
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, Object dirSecurityObj, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectoryHelper(String path, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
at PowerPointLabs.Models.PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.ConsistencyCheckCategorySlideToLocal(PowerPointSlide category) in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\Models\PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.cs:line 390
at PowerPointLabs.Models.PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.InitCategories() in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\Models\PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.cs:line 571
at PowerPointLabs.Models.PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.ConsistencyCheck() in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\Models\PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.cs:line 317
at PowerPointLabs.Models.PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.Open(Boolean readOnly, Boolean untitled, Boolean withWindow, Boolean focus) in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\Models\PowerPointShapeGalleryPresentation.cs:line 237
at PowerPointLabs.ThisAddIn.InitializeShapeGallery() in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\ThisAddIn.cs:line 179
at PowerPointLabs.ShapesLab.Views.CustomShapePaneWPF.SetStorageSettings() in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\ShapesLab\Views\CustomShapePaneWPF.xaml.cs:line 95
at PowerPointLabs.ShapesLab.CustomShapePane.InitCustomShapePaneStorage() in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\ShapesLab\CustomShapePane.Designer.cs:line 57
at PowerPointLabs.ActionFramework.ShapesLab.ShapesLabActionHandler.ExecuteAction(String ribbonId) in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\ActionFramework\ShapesLab\ShapesLabActionHandler.cs:line 28
at PowerPointLabs.ActionFramework.Common.Interface.ActionHandler.Execute(String ribbonId) in C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\other_repos\PowerPoint_Labs\PowerPointLabs\PowerPointLabs\ActionFramework\Common\Interface\ActionHandler.cs:line 14

[YuPeiHenry]

Turns out this was caused by having a category with name COM1, which was filtered in a recent PR (but this category got created before that).