Cant get rid of 'no name' folder

[Guest]

I use XP and when I started up my machine today...I found a empty "no name"
folder on the desktop. I keep a 'clean' desktop and do not put icons on the
desktop....so this was (is) very very strange to me.

I tried to delete it and it would not go away. I tried holding the
ctrl+delete and it would not go away. I tried going into safemode+delete and
it still would not go away. It is there. Normally you can not create a 'no
name' folder on the desktop, in the first place, so I have no idea how it
even was created!

I have been using dos,win 3.1,win 98se,wn 2000 and for many years XP....but
this has me confused. Can anyone help?!?

SOS,

BurleyMan

 

[Alan Edwards]

Here is an old response of mine for Win9x
It should still be valid in XP.

It may be a NameSpace item.
If so remove it from the Registry using Regedit.
It should appear under the key: (along with the Recycle Bin, Inbox
etc.)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

It is good practice to export any key before deletion in case of
error.

Don't delete this one. It is the Recycle Bin.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}


....Alan

 

[Guest]

Alen,

I looked into your tip, but it did not work for me. Your tip was more for
"icons" than removing problematic/un named folders.

Thanks for the help.

I have found others, online, with this same problem and it seems to be a
little know XP bug.....but no advice that has proven to be fruitful thus far.

SOS,

BurleyMan