Can't Open A Folder - Any Folder

[Guest]

I cannot successfully open any folder, drive, My Computer, etc., etc. It
doesn't matter whether I double click an icon, select "open" from the right
mouse button menu, or any other method; it always fails. What happens,
specifically, is that the folder opens for an instant (maybe a tenth of a
second), then the entire desktop goes completely blank except for wallpaper
(all icons disappear), and after a second or two the icons return. I suspect
I have a virus or hijacker, but none of my tools find anything. I have run
Norton Antivirus, Spybot, and Ad-Aware and none of them report finding
anything. All are completely up to date.

Any insight, or better yet, suggestions for repairing this, will be
gratefully appreciated. I am running XP with SP 2. Oh, one other important
fact: it does not fail in Safe Mode.

 

[Guest]

You posted this message a while ago, and I don't see any responses .... I
have the same problem and was wondering if you managed to find a solution? I
am getting frustrated keep booting up and hoping to click an icon that
functions before they all disappear.

Let me know if you had any luck. Thank you very much.

Yolanda

 

[276survive]

You posted this message a while ago, and I don't see any
responses .... I
have the same problem and was wondering if you managed to find
a solution? I
am getting frustrated keep booting up and hoping to click an
icon that
functions before they all disappear.

Let me know if you had any luck. Thank you very much.

Yolanda

have same problem but can open folders in safe mode
have you tried this...

if so some program is disabling our folders just got find out what

will keep you posted.....

I didn’t see much help on this also