Desktop and Documents problems

[Professor Joe]

another machine just donated:
I always run the chkdsk /f /r and sfc/scannow on them first. Then give
them a work over


This one has no desktop tab in Properties. I tried the tip at kelly's
korner regarding it, rebooted, no change.

Also off the start menu, My Documents does not show.
In WinExplorer it is not directly below Desktop seperately.
Did a search in case it accidently got moved by previous owner, it is
under Docs-Setts. I tried to move it up under Desktop, didn't work.
It is a xphome machine.

Much thanks good people and have a great day!

Professor Joe

 

[Professor Joe]

Professor Joe brought next idea :

another machine just donated:
I always run the chkdsk /f /r and sfc/scannow on them first. Then give them a
work over


This one has no desktop tab in Properties. I tried the tip at kelly's korner
regarding it, rebooted, no change.

Also off the start menu, My Documents does not show.
In WinExplorer it is not directly below Desktop seperately.
Did a search in case it accidently got moved by previous owner, it is under
Docs-Setts. I tried to move it up under Desktop, didn't work.
It is a xphome machine.

Much thanks good people and have a great day!

Professor Joe

another thing:
If we are playing with a few programs on the machine, and you have to
go to WinExplorer and open a file that program uses, it says "folder
cannot be used. Please choose another"...

The programs are varied, is there something needing fixed in
WinExplorer????

So far:
Lotus
3D Magic
Double Killer
Batch Renamer
HJSplit

no consistency in type of programs.....

registry setting?


Much thanks good people.
Professor Joe

 

[Guest]

Review the Values at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
in regedt32, and be sure the Edit Menu/Permissions are still enabled.

 

[Guest]

You cannot 'open' a file 'in use' but you can 'copy' it, and open that.

 

[Professor Joe]

Mark L. Ferguson wrote :

Review the Values at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
in regedt32, and be sure the Edit Menu/Permissions are still enabled.

Mark thanks for the value info.
I do have a seperate Hkey Current User UNDER the Hkey Current
User.?????
is this correct?
It would be
HkeyCurrentUser/HkeyCurretUser/
nothing is behind that..

??



Ok where you pointed me has data for each entry
but
is blank
for
Administrative Tools

and

MyVideo

 

[Professor Joe]

Mark L. Ferguson was thinking very hard :

You cannot 'open' a file 'in use' but you can 'copy' it, and open that.

yes that is true.

 

[Guest]

Create a new user, and profile, and see if the errors are there also. If so,
it has a corrupt Default Profile.

Q307545 - How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP
from Starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545

If there is no backup registry from the original install, you will have to
restore to factory defaults.

 

[Professor Joe]

Mark L. Ferguson explained on 4/30/2007 :

Create a new user, and profile, and see if the errors are there also. If so,
it has a corrupt Default Profile.

Q307545 - How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP
from Starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545

If there is no backup registry from the original install, you will have to
restore to factory defaults.

thanks Mark, you are always so helpful, will report back with my
findings tomorrow! Going to attack it tonight!

Professor Joe

 

[Professor Joe]

Professor Joe was thinking very hard :

Mark L. Ferguson explained on 4/30/2007 :

thanks Mark, you are always so helpful, will report back with my findings
tomorrow! Going to attack it tonight!

Professor Joe

no such luck.......................just was going thru the journal of
changes,programs,etc. the previous owner made, impeccable. But he did
a rollback to factory defaults just three wks.ago and then he got sick
and is now in a home. Me-thinks the rollback to factory defaults was
sick too

??
Professor Joe

 

[Professor Joe]

Professor Joe formulated on Monday :

another machine just donated:
I always run the chkdsk /f /r and sfc/scannow on them first. Then give them a
work over


This one has no desktop tab in Properties. I tried the tip at kelly's korner
regarding it, rebooted, no change.

well let's try working on this problem originally quoted
another machine just donated:
I always run the chkdsk /f /r and sfc/scannow on them first. Then give
them a work over


This one has no desktop tab in Properties. I tried the tip at kelly's
korner regarding it, rebooted, no change.