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Cant Delete/Access certain Folders

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Name: dms2
Date: August 18, 2004 at 06:26:53 Pacific
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: p4 1.8
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Running XP Pro SP1a. Lately for some reason I can not right click on some drives/folders and I can not delete certain folders, instead explorer will crash with an error message. I am using IE6 with latest service packs and fixes. I have checked for viruses and have 2 spyware utilities that are up to date. Researching here I have tried updating my office service packs, scanning the hd for errors, some other small tasks that solved nothing. If anyone could provide some help Id apperciate it.



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Response Number 1
Name: dms2
Date: August 18, 2004 at 06:28:41 Pacific
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Also forgot to mention that these files/folders can be accessed and deleted using the command prompt.


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Response Number 2
Name: tom529
Date: August 18, 2004 at 06:48:22 Pacific
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whats the error message?


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Response Number 3
Name: Ry Spy
Date: August 18, 2004 at 06:57:06 Pacific
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Your system is probably starting to malfunction.

I suggest that you back-up your important files and do a clean install.

I don't know what's the cause of the malfunction. Probably invalid registry entries, corrupt files, etc.


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Response Number 4
Name: dms2
Date: August 18, 2004 at 08:35:26 Pacific
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error message was explorer needs to close and the the error signature had
AppName: explorer.exe ModName: shell32.dll


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Response Number 5
Name: dms2
Date: August 18, 2004 at 08:45:36 Pacific
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Also did a restore of my registry that i had of a few weeks ago before the problem occurred but that didnt fix the issue.


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