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XP is not allowing me to do certain tasks after I attempt to do anything
administrative to the system, whether those tasks include deleting files,
creating shortcuts, etc. PLEASE HELP.
For starters, I cannot right-click an icon on my desktop to create a
shortcut (or anywhere else, for that matter). When I right-click the file,
it thinks for a second (like the old hour glass) and then nothing happens.
Then, if I try to (normally) double-click that icon to open the file (or
program), it won't let me. XP seems to be hung-up.
This is also happening in my folders. When I try to delete files using
right-clicks or from the manual top navbar menu system, the drop down menu
won’t even open. Furthermore, when I try to close the open folder using the
'X' button in the upper right hand corner – you, know, the “close†button –
XP provides me one of those "error" noises. *BONK*
So... When I open the Windows Task Manager, it says all open programs are
"running" even though that is apparently not the case. When I click "End
Task," it gives me that BONK "error" sound again. But after about five
seconds, the "End Program Now" menu finally box appears and I am able to end
the "hung-up" program. Note: When it finally closes, Windows provides me a
message saying Windows Explorer encountered an error and needed to shutdown.
Then, for a moment, the entire bottom OS taskbar disappears and then
reappears, as if Windows Explorer restarted itself.
This sounds like an issue with Windows Explorer. ANY IDEAS WHAT TO DO???
I'm thinking of trying to revert to a much older system image to restore my
system to hopefully before this was ever an issue (it's been about five
months since this started happening, about a month after I bought my new
ThinkPad!). UGH.
Thanks for any help you can provide! Happy holidays!
Alex
administrative to the system, whether those tasks include deleting files,
creating shortcuts, etc. PLEASE HELP.
For starters, I cannot right-click an icon on my desktop to create a
shortcut (or anywhere else, for that matter). When I right-click the file,
it thinks for a second (like the old hour glass) and then nothing happens.
Then, if I try to (normally) double-click that icon to open the file (or
program), it won't let me. XP seems to be hung-up.
This is also happening in my folders. When I try to delete files using
right-clicks or from the manual top navbar menu system, the drop down menu
won’t even open. Furthermore, when I try to close the open folder using the
'X' button in the upper right hand corner – you, know, the “close†button –
XP provides me one of those "error" noises. *BONK*
So... When I open the Windows Task Manager, it says all open programs are
"running" even though that is apparently not the case. When I click "End
Task," it gives me that BONK "error" sound again. But after about five
seconds, the "End Program Now" menu finally box appears and I am able to end
the "hung-up" program. Note: When it finally closes, Windows provides me a
message saying Windows Explorer encountered an error and needed to shutdown.
Then, for a moment, the entire bottom OS taskbar disappears and then
reappears, as if Windows Explorer restarted itself.
This sounds like an issue with Windows Explorer. ANY IDEAS WHAT TO DO???
I'm thinking of trying to revert to a much older system image to restore my
system to hopefully before this was ever an issue (it's been about five
months since this started happening, about a month after I bought my new
ThinkPad!). UGH.
Thanks for any help you can provide! Happy holidays!
Alex