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new folder on desktop
Name: robbo55 Date: July 8, 2004 at 00:04:31 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 2500+XP/512mb
Comment:
hi all
lately ive found that for no reason suddenly a folder is being created on my desktop simply being named 'new folder'. i delete it and the a few hours later or the next day another one will be created. i have no idea what would be creating this. ill run a scan with ad-aware but im sure its been doing this b4 and after the last scan i did. i guess i should probably scan for viruses too yeh?
In the folders properties; what is the size of the folder? (bytes?)
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Response Number 2
Name: cleanmachine Date: July 8, 2004 at 03:26:49 Pacific
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Go to your 'Run' option from your 'Start' button. Run 'msconfig'. Click on the Startup tab. Uncheck everything that is running and leave the PC on. See if a New Folder is generated.If no New folders are generated then it will be one of those programs that has been unchecked. Would need to re-introduce them one by one to see the effect.
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Response Number 3
Name: robbo55 Date: July 8, 2004 at 04:43:04 Pacific
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no bytes, nothing in it or anything.
is not a shortcut
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Response Number 4
Name: clubjunkie Date: July 8, 2004 at 04:49:53 Pacific
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this happened to me a while back. some prog on your machien has a save reference to a new folder on desktop and keep recreating it. or thats what happened to me. go through your registry and look for and references to New Folder under softwares MRU lists etc, and all the Run lists. Its in there somewhere
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Response Number 5
Name: tonejacko Date: July 8, 2004 at 10:10:13 Pacific
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Same thing happened to me but I cant find anything in registry.
Summary: When I right click on the desktop and choose New\Folder, I get error message: Unable to create folder "New Folder" The specified path is invalid I've checked everywhere for a fix...you're my last ho...
Summary: I cannot create a new folder on my desktop, it just gives me a error: "Unable to create the folder "New Folder" There are no more files." Image: http://ourworld.cs.com/MacintoshLCIII/untitled.JPG ...
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