diff --git a/Composer/packages/client/src/components/CreationFlow/FileSelector.tsx b/Composer/packages/client/src/components/CreationFlow/FileSelector.tsx
index 00f218c1a6..7b92db4285 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/client/src/components/CreationFlow/FileSelector.tsx
+++ b/Composer/packages/client/src/components/CreationFlow/FileSelector.tsx
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ import { ComboBox, IComboBox, IComboBoxOption } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib
 import { TextField } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/TextField';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { mergeStyleSets } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Styling';
+import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
 
 import { FileTypes, nameRegex } from '../../constants';
 import { StorageFolder, File } from '../../recoilModel/types';
 import { getFileIconName, calculateTimeDiff } from '../../utils/fileUtil';
+import httpClient from '../../utils/httpUtil';
 
 // -------------------- Styles -------------------- //
 
@@ -173,11 +175,26 @@ export const FileSelector: React.FC<FileSelectorProps> = (props) => {
   const [folderName, setFolderName] = useState('');
   const [editMode, setEditMode] = useState(EditMode.NONE);
   const [nameError, setNameError] = useState('');
+  const [pathError, setPathError] = useState('');
+
+  const validate = debounce(async (path) => {
+    const response = await httpClient.get(`/storages/validate/${encodeURI(path)}`);
+    setPathError(response.data.errorMsg);
+  }, 300);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setCurrentPath(initialPath);
   }, [focusedStorageFolder]);
 
+  //there is a network delay on the path validation. The error may not exist.
+  //the initialPath is always a valid directory
+  //so check and clear path error
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (initialPath === currentPath) {
+      setPathError('');
+    }
+  }, [initialPath, currentPath]);
+
   const createOrUpdateFolder = async (index: number) => {
     const isValid = nameRegex.test(folderName);
     const isDup = storageFiles.some((file) => file.name === folderName) && storageFiles[index].name !== folderName;
@@ -480,6 +497,23 @@ export const FileSelector: React.FC<FileSelectorProps> = (props) => {
       setCurrentPath(value as string);
     }
   };
+
+  const updatePathPending = (option?: IComboBoxOption, index?: number, value?: string) => {
+    if (!option && value) {
+      const path = value.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+      validate(value);
+      setCurrentPath(path as string);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const checkPath = () => {
+    return pathError
+      ? pathError
+      : operationMode.write && !focusedStorageFolder.writable
+      ? formatMessage('You do not have permission to save bots here')
+      : '';
+  };
+
   return (
     <Fragment>
       <Stack horizontal styles={stackinput} tokens={{ childrenGap: '2rem' }}>
@@ -489,15 +523,12 @@ export const FileSelector: React.FC<FileSelectorProps> = (props) => {
             useComboBoxAsMenuWidth
             autoComplete={'on'}
             data-testid={'FileSelectorComboBox'}
-            errorMessage={
-              operationMode.write && !focusedStorageFolder.writable
-                ? formatMessage('You do not have permission to save bots here')
-                : ''
-            }
+            errorMessage={checkPath()}
             label={formatMessage('Location')}
             options={breadcrumbItems}
             selectedKey={currentPath}
             onChange={updatePath}
+            onPendingValueChanged={updatePathPending}
           />
         </StackItem>
         {operationMode.write && (
diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/controllers/storage.ts b/Composer/packages/server/src/controllers/storage.ts
index faf2cd4a5a..2f6886c4ed 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/server/src/controllers/storage.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/server/src/controllers/storage.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ function updateCurrentPath(req: Request, res: Response) {
   res.status(200).json(StorageService.updateCurrentPath(req.body.path, req.body.storageId));
 }
 
+function validatePath(req: Request, res: Response) {
+  res.status(200).json({ errorMsg: StorageService.validatePath(req.params.path) });
+}
+
 async function createFolder(req: Request, res: Response) {
   const path = req.body.path;
   const folderName = req.body.name;
@@ -70,4 +74,5 @@ export const StorageController = {
   updateFolder,
   getBlob,
   updateCurrentPath,
+  validatePath,
 };
diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/router/api.ts b/Composer/packages/server/src/router/api.ts
index c48be054ea..46441e35d9 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/server/src/router/api.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/server/src/router/api.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ router.post('/projects/:projectId/updateBoilerplate', ProjectController.updateBo
 
 // storages
 router.put('/storages/currentPath', StorageController.updateCurrentPath);
+router.get('/storages/validate/:path', StorageController.validatePath);
 router.get('/storages', StorageController.getStorageConnections);
 router.post('/storages', StorageController.createStorageConnection);
 router.get('/storages/:storageId/blobs', StorageController.getBlob);
diff --git a/Composer/packages/server/src/services/storage.ts b/Composer/packages/server/src/services/storage.ts
index f736c80a1e..927f462fc7 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/server/src/services/storage.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/server/src/services/storage.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class StorageService {
     if (path?.endsWith(':')) {
       path = path + '/';
     }
-    if (Path.isAbsolute(path) && fs.existsSync(path)) {
+    if (Path.isAbsolute(path) && fs.existsSync(path) && fs.statSync(path).isDirectory()) {
       const storage = this.storageConnections.find((s) => s.id === storageId);
       if (storage) {
         storage.path = path;
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ class StorageService {
     return this.storageConnections;
   };
 
+  public validatePath = (path: string) => {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
+      return 'The path does not exist';
+    } else if (!fs.statSync(path).isDirectory()) {
+      return 'This is not a directory';
+    } else {
+      return '';
+    }
+  };
+
   public createFolder = (path: string) => {
     if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(path);