My (C:) Drive is messed up!!!!

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First off i Have windows XP and when i go to my (C drive there is "Video Task"s on left that window and i think this is slowing down my computer and certian errors occure (SO BASICLY THE "C" DRIVE IS ACTING LIKE A VIDEO FOLDER); i tried going to the Drive's properties there nothing there that can help
how can i correct this problem??

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[Ramesh [MVP]]

Brent,

Open a folder. Tools > Folder Options > View > Reset All Folders.

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First off i Have windows XP and when i go to my (C drive there is "Video Task"s on left that window and i think this is slowing down my computer and certian errors occure (SO BASICLY THE "C" DRIVE IS ACTING LIKE A VIDEO FOLDER); i tried going to the Drive's properties there nothing there that can help;
how can i correct this problem???


please e-mail me

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

First off i Have windows XP and when i go to my (C drive there is "Video Task"s
on left that window and i think this is slowing down my computer and certian errors
occure (SO BASICLY THE "C" DRIVE IS ACTING LIKE A VIDEO FOLDER)

That behaviour is prolly bestowed by a Desktop.ini in C:\ that should
really only be in your Videos object. Or you have video files in C:\
and Explorer's being "helpful", or there's a C:\AUTORUN.INF in effect.

These files may be hidden, so you may have to do this:

Start, Run, enter CMD
Then enter the following commands...

C:
CD \
Attrib -r -s -h AUTORUN.INF
Attrib -r -s -h DESKTOP.INI
Ren AUTORUN.INF AUTORUN.BAD
Ren DESKTOP.INI DESKTOP.BAD
Exit

HTH

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[Thayn Moore [MSFT]]

Have you ever set the properties of a folder to a customized setting? You
can do this by right clicking on a folder, selecting properties, and going
to the costomize tab. Under "What kind of folder do you want?" this might
currently be set to Video. If the customize tab isn't present it is
possible that this was done by a piece of software that you have installed.

A sure fire way to make this task go away is to go to Tools->Folder
Options->View Tab and press "Reset All Folders". NOTE: This will reset all
customized folders that you may have created, not just your C drive!


--
Thayn Moore
Software Design Engineer - Test
Windows UX Storage

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First off i Have windows XP and when i go to my (C drive there is "Video

Task"s on left that window and i think this is slowing down my computer
and certian errors occure (SO BASICLY THE "C" DRIVE IS ACTING LIKE A VIDEO
FOLDER); i tried going to the Drive's properties there nothing there that
can help;