Thanks ill check it out. What happened was i guess the icon path was lost, so all i had to do was go into the preferences and find it again.

Never mind i figured it out.

Hi i recently upgraded from Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium. Since Windows 7 no longer includes Windows Mail as an email client, i downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird and love it. I...

Yes windows mail is set as my default mail client, i have ccleaner, which i hadnt run in a while. i had to install the latest version and when i did it found 1,144.8 MB to be removed. one of the...

I am using windows mail, that vista comes with. I will try a scan, is malware bytes completely free?

It seems that every time i click on a link in a email i get an error message saying: windows cannot find "URL" Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again; but firefox still opens to...

ok great thanks for the info.

Hi i am looking for a good C compiler for windows vista. I found Visual Studio C++ 2008 express edition, will this work if im writing in c?

Hi i am running Windows Vista Home Premium on my HP laptop, and i noticed that i have two program file folder one normal one and one with (x86) after it. I have a theory that it might be because i...

Hi,
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to restrict specific programs for a limited user on and XP platform? I want to be able to still use these restricted programs on the main admin account...is...

At the moment i have done a system recovery on my computer so hopefully my hard drive does not click anymore...but if it does i wil take it in to get replaced as i am under warranty till next year.

So like i have been saying in all of my threads...i went with the system recovery and started from scratch. I appreciate everyone's help as i attempted to fix my folder problem myself, but there...

So i went an did a system recovery, and reverted to factory settings. I think ill be problem free when it comes to the back up issue. Thanks for the help.

Ok so i ended up doing s system recovery, and set my computer back to factory settings so i think i am problem free at the moment. Thanks for all your guys' help. i appreciate learning about this...

thanks i just downloaded it, someone else on this site recommended it.

yeah i made a copy when i got the computer.

well... the reason i never brought up a virus or trojan as my problem is because i assumed that McAfee would have informed me if it was, and also i assumed that people on this forums would bring up...

Also another thing, my external hard drive is a 1TB Western Digital brand and it has some back up programs installed on it...would they do the same thing? There is a general file backup and then...

Well my main problem is not the folder...it is the clicking hard drive and blue screens and also there are other problems that are begining to occur which i think is the cause of a virus or...

Okay i will try out your methods and let you know, who knows if all my problems are connected..lol

i was trying to use the back up utility windows provides. Backup and Restore Center.

That's true that the problem might be copied with it...im planning on taking it into get fixed where i bought...

Hi, i am running windows vista on my HP desktop computer, and i am trying to back up all my files onto an external hard drive so i can deal with a hard drive problem. The bigger problem is that i...

yeah makes sense. lol

Ok so i greatly appreciate your long post.

So i am running Vista Home Premium...sorry im not a good little boy after all...but i am quite sure i have already activated the real admin account. i...

Ok so i am still unable to figure out how to fix my folder problem. I want to go back to the error message: This is no longer in "directory" verify the item's location and try again. What does...

i understand that messing with hidden files may lead to problems. im more cautious when it comes to system files, and since the ones i have deleted were just hidden parts of word files and pictures i...

Hi, while investigating a problem folder i enable the hidden files to be viewed in all folders a while back. well recently i had noticed these weird files that were exact duplicates of files in most...

No i havn't ill check it out.

Yeah, i still have not been able to remove the folder.

So this "hijack" you are saying i should run, is this in "run" or do i have to use cmd prompt? Do i just type hijack? I appreciate your help.

Hi i was wondering if anyone knows of a free program that checks your computer for errors and viruses and fix them for free. i have searched online but every time i find one that says its free i can...

o well ill deal with the hard drive problem on my other thread, but regarding the folder, i still can't delete it or move it to another device, or rename it.

scratch the second part of the last message i figured out the admin account.

ok, well then how do you know if the CHKDSK passed or not? Will it tell you if there are errors somehow?

Also i was reading online that there is a secret admin account hidden in Vista that you can...

Well i already deleted the hidden files that were in it. but the folder still wont delete.

I guess i could create a new partition and move it there and format it..

Or i read on another...

Ok so i checked the hidden files and there happened to be 7 hidden files and i deleted them, but it still wont delete. I cannot delete the parent folder either.

as for the security tab it says :...

I actually just did the F9 Diagnostic in the beginning of the bootup and my Hard drive test failed. i got the message : Error Code: BIOHD-8
Error Message: A SMART test failed on your drive. It...

You know what i just was playing around and i can move it around, and also that it is labeled as a File in the windows explorer but has a folder icon. could this help any?

akaamboy, i used the commmand prompt and navigated into the folder the folder i am trying to delete is in, and typed in the command you said and i got : "File not found -Foldername.

Im really...

ok govi, so i just opened up the command prompt and put in the command you said and the response was : "The system cannot find the file specified."

yeah its still here lol. I tried deleting it through the safe boot with Command prompt but it says the directory is not found and wont delete. i cant even navigate into it through the terminal.
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