diff --git a/dlls/taskschd/folder.c b/dlls/taskschd/folder.c
index 4eb7b8ac77b..412ec5bddbc 100644
--- a/dlls/taskschd/folder.c
+++ b/dlls/taskschd/folder.c
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI TaskFolder_DeleteFolder(ITaskFolder *iface, BSTR name, LON
 
     TRACE("%p,%s,%x\n", iface, debugstr_w(name), flags);
 
+    if (!name || !*name) return E_ACCESSDENIED;
+
     if (flags)
         FIXME("unsupported flags %x\n", flags);
 
diff --git a/dlls/taskschd/tests/scheduler.c b/dlls/taskschd/tests/scheduler.c
index 61e4a04a6c5..2d9beeaa544 100644
--- a/dlls/taskschd/tests/scheduler.c
+++ b/dlls/taskschd/tests/scheduler.c
@@ -346,6 +346,16 @@ todo_wine
     hr = ITaskFolder_DeleteFolder(folder, Wine, 0);
     ok(hr == HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND), "expected ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, got %#x\n", hr);
 
+    hr = ITaskFolder_DeleteFolder(folder, NULL, 0);
+    ok(hr == E_ACCESSDENIED || hr == E_INVALIDARG /* Vista */, "expected E_ACCESSDENIED, got %#x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = ITaskFolder_DeleteFolder(folder, empty, 0);
+    ok(hr == E_ACCESSDENIED || hr == E_INVALIDARG /* Vista */, "expected E_ACCESSDENIED, got %#x\n", hr);
+
+    hr = ITaskFolder_DeleteFolder(folder, slash, 0);
+todo_wine
+    ok(hr == HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_INVALID_NAME), "expected ERROR_INVALID_NAME, got %#x\n", hr);
+
     ITaskFolder_Release(folder);
     ITaskService_Release(service);
 }