%SystemDrive% folder appeared on desktop

[William Andrews]

I've been running xp for a few months. Today a folder called %SystemDrive% appeared on my desktop.
The only thing inside it is "Documents and Settings" and it's subfolders, but they all appear to be
empty. What caused that to appear and is it safe to delete it? I once moved "my documents" (I think)
on win2k to a subfolder on the desktop. After that I sometimes had problems with that folder not
being on the desktop.

Bill

 

[Guest]

copy and paste the origanal file on the computer somewhere and delete the one

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Most likely a damaged registry entry, problem is finding which one. First
try cleaning the system with spy/ad removal programs:

Adaware www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org