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Obscene pop ups and cannot delete unwanted applications
rebooted Now I find that Mail and News work as they always have and I don't have that 'Cannot delete items from the delete folder. That's why I decided to remove everything and start from scratch. I've tried this procedure before (minus the Registry Cleaner and deleting the Dial Up Networking connection) and it

Bug in Windows explorer can result in lost files
You should undertake to carry out the steps in the order that I have listed them, so before you start, be sure to download HD Valet - a drive cleanup utility Note that this does not mean that Windows WILL get bogged down, only that it can. There is NO magical number of files or folders that might result in a

how can I install software into only the Adminsitrator user accoun
Check the folder again and try to delete it. -- thecreator "Ruth" <luvallmycritt...@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:OI8LUPgTIHA.5516@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... There is a folder on my pc that I cannot delete. It is in my Start Menu, Programs. The folder itself is empty and the attributes say 0.

Apple II Csa2 FAQs: CD-ROM, Part 5/25
I copied my Start menu Programs folder to my desktop and moved some shortcuts from it to my desktop. Now I cannot delete the folder. I get an error message saying that it is part of the OS and cannot be removed. The original file is unchanged (it still has all the icons in it and they appear on my start menu).

Norton probleem
... classic folders, single or double click, etc. Try using the mouse to right click, hold down 'Shift' and select the Delete command in the context menu in step 7. Any reasonable user in this circumstance would expect that Windows will delete the last selection, not the entire folder containing that selection.

WinXP Pro Start Menu Keeps Deleting Shortcuts - But Not Folders
Try renaming/deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder you but you will lose your WU History listing (not important). If everything is working okay again you can delete the renamed SoftwareDistribution folder. Renaming the SoftwareDistribution folder Click Start, Choose Run. In the Run box, type services.msc.

How do I get roaming profiles to work??
The only instance of normal that comes up is the normal.dotm, which I have already written about in previous posts (tried to delete it, Word takes 17 seconds to start when it's deleted but takes closer to 50 seconds to launch when the file does not need to be recreated). I have also turned off the WYSIWYG font menu

Manejo de usuarios en Windows 2000
I can't find it on the task bar - or find any sign of it in task manager - and if I click on the Control Centre icon in the program menu I get the message "Could not initialize AVG Anti-virus kernel interface. Application cannot run." My thought was to uninstall AVG and start again with a new download but when I

Reorganizing start menu programs
Such as when I download a code sample package from MS and it wants to "install" the samples, add an item on the Start Menu, and an entry in the Registry! secondly to ensure anything that needs registering gets registered, and lastly so I can remove it without having to guess which files I need to delete,

IE7 & Favorites
If I delete that un-named icon the same thing happens - it returns after log off/log on or restart. I can, however, add folders to Start Menu/Programs - and they stay put. I reset the rights using "secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose", but this did not correct the problem.

How do I get roaming profiles to work??
It is in Windows/Start Menu/Programs. It is named "00366721/4.i__" , is 192KB, and says it was created (and get this) "1/16/04 6:00AM". This is not a misprint, either. I have tried to delete it and get the message.."Cannot delete 00366721/4: Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and

Start Menu
Open "Computer Management" from Windows "Start: button :Programs\ administrative Tools. If this item is not in the menu, right click on the taskbar and select properties. Click on the advanced tab, and check "Display Administrative Tools". 3. Expand the Shared Folders and click on the "Shares" folder. 4.

Device Manager, no Monitors branch
I thought this would be great so I can have the kids menu not have short cuts for things like Quicken etc. I followed the below steps and everything seemed to go fine until I got to the step where they tell you to delete the All Users\Start menu. I get an error message saying I cannot delete this system folder?

Initialization failed. Not enough memory or the file is damaged
I start by positioning the mouse pointer well to the right of the file name. Then I press down on the left-hand mouse button (don't release! Any reasonable user in this circumstance would expect that Windows will delete the last selection, not the entire folder containing that selection.

Cannot delete emails.
You can create additional shares, etc., and map drive letters via a login script - but folder redirection for My Docs, Application Data, and Desktop, Profiles for start menu, desktop, and all that stuff, and Userdata for my documents and other files. I do not prescribe to Windows' default mess of mixing

What is final, last windows update, security file we should dl ...
I was explicitly referring to the folder the Installer has created in the Startup Menu (C:\Documents and Settings\yournamehere\Start Menu\). I often move, delete and rename folders and links in the Startup Menu. And it's just that: A folder with links, so removing it should be no problem. Any more suggestions?

Cannot delete files .
Is it because the user put a password word and now we have deleted the UserA account, we cannot delete the folders? Thanks for your help "Terry R." wrote: In each of these folders say UserA,there are these subfolders like Application Data, Content, Desktop, Start Menu etc...) Now how do I delete these folders

cannot delete programs from Downloaded Program Files
Control folder which contains your media control driver. From the Apple Menu click on Media Controller to show the CD ROM player. Click Channel 1, the name of your Your IIgs cannot run PC or Mac versions of discPassage; but, it CAN run a for-GS database unlocker named "discQuest"! How do the systems match-up?

Can't remove or rename file
Jon Krahmer j...@blkbox.com alt windows95 John Mahoney <"mahon...@snet.net"@mail. snet.net> wrote: Hi, I been having a problem for a few days where on the start menu of win95 I cannot delete a folder!!! The message I get is cannot delete files or folders and notthing exist!!! Please could somone help me?

How do I get roaming profiles to work??
Assuming I have an icon call "My WinZip" directly in the startmenu, the following code deletes this icon: LPITEMIDLIST itemList; char path[512]; if (SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL,CSIDL_STARTMENU,&itemList) != NOERROR) { AfxMessageBox ("Cannot get folder list"); return; if (!SHGetPathFromIDList(itemList,path))