Desktop Malfunction

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Every month or so, my Windows XP SP2 desktop goes on the blink. Suddenly, a
folder options pane comes up on the left. When this happens everything on
the desktop is no longer movable.

The only solution I have found is to re-boot my entire system. Luckily, I
can retrieve items on my desktop by going to the desktop folder in Documents
and Settings folder, but the whole thing is a frequent pain in the arse.

If I sign in as a new user, the problem is not there, which leads me to
suspect it has something to do with a corrupted NTUSER.DAT file, but there is
no way to replace that file, even if I boot up in Linux.

Any suggestions?

An image of the problem can be seen here:
http://www.deuce4.net/web/windows malfunction.jpg
 
Thank you Ayash. I will look forward to praising your name the next time the
tweak happens and your registry entry works!

Ayush said:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 15, Remove Common Tasks from Desktop

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Glad to help and thanks for the nice words but that registry fix is not from me...

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Thank you Ayash. I will look forward to praising your name the next
time the tweak happens and your registry entry works!

Ayush said:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 15, Remove Common Tasks from Desktop

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

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Sorry, the link to the image is
http://www.deuce4.net/web/windowsmalfunction.jpg

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Every month or so, my Windows XP SP2 desktop goes on the blink.
Suddenly, a folder options pane comes up on the left. When this
happens everything on the desktop is no longer movable.

The only solution I have found is to re-boot my entire system.
Luckily, I can retrieve items on my desktop by going to the desktop
folder in Documents and Settings folder, but the whole thing is a
frequent pain in the arse.

If I sign in as a new user, the problem is not there, which leads
me to suspect it has something to do with a corrupted NTUSER.DAT
file, but there is no way to replace that file, even if I boot up
in Linux.

Any suggestions?

An image of the problem can be seen here:
http://www.deuce4.net/web/windows malfunction.jpg
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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