Unable to open Sharepoint site with Designer "Folder name is not valid"

Hi all,
I'm using SharePoint 2013 with SharePoint Designer 2013, but currently I'm facing a weird behaviour.
I can open my preproduction SharePoint portal with SharePoint Designer 2013, but when I'm trying to open my production environment, I'm receiving the error "The folder name is not valid". Even it doesn't ask for credentials.
Anyone knows what is happening?

There are few other options people used to solve this issue. refer to the following posts if you haven't so far. hope it helps.
http://hightechdave.com/sharepoint-designer-the-folder-name-is-not-valid-error/
http://mesiag.blogspot.com/2011/10/sharepoint-designer-2010-folder-name-is.html
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/154/t/11825.aspx
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