I recently installed a new hard drive in my laptop, installed a new clean copy of xp-sp2. No problems. Put the old HD in a case with a USB connection so that I could retreive my files/programs... but most of them were in folders on the desktop, and the X:/My Documents/User/Desktop folder is empty. (Win Explorer is set to display hidden and system folders) I've checked every location I can think of, and I can't find those folders/files.
View 10 Replieswhen i opened up my favourites folder in explorer some of my folders have disappeared my daughter has been on the computer but swears she has not even opened favourites,can anyone tell me why this has happened and if it is possible to retrieve my folders.I have tried system restore but it did not help
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View 2 Replies View Relatedwhy do a lot of my XP folders and files in them folders seem to have lost their name tags? In other words it shows the foler but no name underneath it. In an MP3 folder this makes it guesswork as to which files I am picking.I have to move the cursor over the file and wait for the box to pop up for its details.
View 7 Replies View RelatedOld system had many .dbx files but zero .pst files - no export/backup had ever been done on it. Tried to copy over the .dbx files, and appeared to work, but then somehow outlook clobbered old and copied .dbx files, or rendered them invisible.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy XP system (Compaq) failed to start up completely after booting. Claimed 'Missing' DISCover.EXE file, others, locked up. Hit F10 for system recovery to makes repairs from the hidden partition. It assured me that my data would not be lost
View 4 Replies View RelatedI saved a scanned copy of a letter on my desktop, but the next day the desktop had been cleaned up and I can't find the file anywhere on my PC. I've tried several alternative searche - but to no avail.
My desktop cleanup wizard was on, but I had turned it off many days ago.
I need to find the file as it is a letter to my local tax office (and I did not keep a printout
When I turned my computer back on, I had lost all of my inbox, and many of my saved folders in outlook. I looked in the recycle bin, but it appears to be empty. Where did my stuff go?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a Compaq laptop on XP that is up to date. Norton runs clean. I believe my modem is going bad because whenever I�m on the internet and minimize IE the computer locks up. In about five minutes it starts running and all the things I clicked on while it was locked up appear, as if they were all running in the background. The pc works fine if I�m not using the modem. I�m on vacation and have other modems at home. Several times I held the power button down when it was hung up. One of those times I lost my profile so that when it starts up it can�t find local settings and it has to build a temp profile. I built another profile but all of my old Outlook folders are missing. I�ve done multiple searches for *.pst but can�t find them, even looking in hidden files. I�ve found an old pst file that I made as a backup last year but when I try to load it into my new profile/ user it says I don�t have permission to access these files. The new user I built is set as administrator. I tried moving a copy from the cd to my user but then it asked for a password which I never set. Here are my questions,
1)Is there any way to find the folders in my old Outlook?
2)Is there a way to change the permission on the old pst file on my backup cd? I tried finding it in the registry after I moved it to my user but was unable to?
3)Scanpst.exe needs a pst file to work on which I can�t find.
4)I�ve reloaded the driver for the modem but that didn�t help. Any thoughts?
5)When you archive the mail where is it kept? I did this last week.
Any folder that I create on my deskop dissappears when I refresh. All shortcuts and files show on the desktop, just not folders. I my desktop properties is selected to "Show Desktop Icons", desktop folder is NOT hidden. Since I stated the issue, here are the facts Does not matter on SP. SP2 and SP3 are affected. It follows my profile. I have blown away my profile, recreated it (not copied it) and logged back in. This resolved the issue until I logged back in today July, 6th. Group Policy is on our network. Nobody else but my boss and myself are affected. He seems to feel this was a test about 5 years ago. You can view all desktop icons freely in Windows Explorer under my profile directory. I can setup shortcuts to the missing folders on my desktop and those will NOT dissappear. This issue reaccurs even after an FFR. FDisk, Format, Reinstall, do da do da. PLEASE NOTE***Nothing else in the system has been affected. Only view desktop folders.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have about 8 folders on my destop that are empty. I can delete them but when I reboot the pc they are back on the desktop. I have even tried to delete them with bc wipe. I do have rollback installed it's similar to goback only better.This problem started before installing rollback. No other files do I have trouble deleting. I do have system restore turned on probably do not need to now that rollback is installed.I deleted folders and they are in trash. I emptied the trash no folders inside. Not deleted in safe mode. I restarted and they reappear on the desktop. Rollback was not activated during the restart.I checked the folder permissons and all boxes are checked but they are grayed out.The folder is set as read only and I try to change it and hit apply but they cannot be deleted.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedXPpro with two HDs, CDr/w and DVDr/w.(D AND (E are (were?) a 20G drive which I partitioned over a year ago. This morning I came across a 4G drive in an old box. (really). Being a curious type I pulled the power and ribbon leads from the DVD and plugged them into the 4G HD, after setting the jumper to slave.Then switched on. A dos line appeared saying 'automatically configuring an F: drive' After which Windows appeared to boot up normally. Except that 'My Computer' showed no (D The 4G (F drive showed as not formated. So... I removed the 4G and replaced the leads back to the DVD. My Computer' shows 3.5 floppy Local Disk(C FRSTHAFOLD(D 9G abt Notice NO (E
Not only that but my D drive is missing lots of files and folders wont open. It seems that the partitioning has been forgotten! I have checked what bios settings there are (not many on Compaq 5000) And the bios sees my main Crive and only one 20G disk I have a bad feeling about this Is there any way to get things back to normal?
Can folders have background images like the desktop can?I'm trying to organize some folders to be like the desktop. Anyone know if it's possible?I have Windows XP pro SP2
View 5 Replies View Relatedshortly after rebooting I find the desktop folders do not open. At first they work fine, then after a few minutes the hour glass appears for about 10 seconds when folder is clicked. Then the hour glass goes out and nothing happens.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI haven't a clue what happened but basically today when i turned on the pc i noticed theres like a background color on all the folders on the desktop.Any way to turn this off and make it transparent again?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI logged on to my laptop this morning only to find I no longer have a start botton, nor a taskbar and all desktop icons have disappeared. I did a search and found a 2007 thread with some suggestions and none of these have worked for me. I'm working with windows xp, sp 3
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View 12 Replies View RelatedFor some reason-probably something I did-I lost the option to send to my desktop when I right click a file/object/etc.I can send to mail recipient, mydocs, pocketpc, webpub. and A and E drive but have no option for desktop. How does one get that option back and/or add options under send to?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWell that ended up on my pc,I had no antivires protection when it appeared on my computer.I now have macfee antivires protection...when I installed it I ran a complete full scan on my pc,then after that was done I restarted my pc then when logging back on I lost my start menu bar an all of my icons,now trying to restore them back but, can only use my windows task management.Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
View 1 Replies View RelatedAfter removing usenext,I did a clean up,and restarted my computer.I do not have a desktop anymore.all that is left is the picture I use as a desktop.no more icons,no more taskbar and no more start button.please how do I get it back. I can use the task manager to start a few programs,so the programs are not gone,it seems to be just the desktop.
View 8 Replies View RelatedThis is a very simple matter. I have always had an icon on my taskbar for accessing my desktop that I use quite often. Its been there so long that I can't remember if I put it there or if it came that way on the computer. Tonight, the icon had changed and when I clicked on it, I got the little flashlight and asked if I wanted to search. Grrrr. Not the end of the world but I would really like to have it back.
View 13 Replies View RelatedFor Some odd reason, After I downloaded an AVG free update I lost my desktop. All the profiles on my computer only show the background when you open them. All programs still operate correctly. I can open the task manager and run programs from it, but all the icons and the start bar are gone. I am not able to open any display controls, nor can I right click and get any options. I am not even able to pull up the control panel.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI try to open any folder from the desktop, or explorer(right click start button), or my documents, they don't open, but program shortcuts seem to work. Once inside a program I can navigate to and open folders I couldn't do previousy on desktop. It seems just an error when on the desktop itself.
My wallpaper vanishes and the active desktop recovery screen appears telling me to restore the desktop after somekind of windows error.
i want to copy my custom desktop.ini file and background image to all of my folders that i have on my flash drive.So needless to say i dont want to to this one by one to each folder.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy daughter was running Win98, and had been saving to desktop folders (she thought). I know this isn't wise, didn't realise she didn't know that.Recently computer was acting strange and a "professional" was called in who copied everything on her hard drive to an external drive, cleaned it out and installed 2000. Then copied her stuff back to her drive. Now the numerous folders on her desktop have either disappeared or if opened show only gobbledegook.
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