move folders on desktop

kduffy101

i cant move folders about my desktop and on my external hard drive,it was working ok the other day,(windows xp).
any help would be great.
thanks

Browntoa

use system restore in xP to go back a few days , no data is lost

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

How to use System Restore to restore Windows XP to a previous state

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kduffy101

ok ive done a system restore back to last week,but the problem is still the same....
i can click on folder to open it,but when i right click a box was quickly flashing up,when i pressed the windows start up button in the bottom left hand corner of screen it done the same....
then i pressed the left hand windows key on my keyboard and the start up menu appeared then i was able to right click my folders and the menu/box appeared,
anyone got any ideas?
thanks

aliEnRIK

Can try a basic repair of xp -
Download GLARY UTILITIES
http://www.glaryutilities.com/download/gusetup_slim.exe
REBOOT then run the ONE CLICK scan
Goto MODULES / SYSTEM TOOLS / WINDOWS STANDARD TOOLS / then run SYSTEM FILE CHECKER

Assuming you have the disc you can boot from the xp disc and try a repair with that

aliEnRIK

This might work -
Turn off Caching of Thumbnails in Hidden thumbs.db Files

· Click the Start orb
· Enter gpedit.msc in the search box and hit Enter.
· Expand User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components.
· Click on Windows Explorer.
· Right-click the entry "Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files" and choose Edit.
· Enable the setting.

aerostar

aliEnRIK wrote: »

This might work -
Turn off Caching of Thumbnails in Hidden thumbs.db Files

· Click the Start orb
· Enter gpedit.msc in the search box and hit Enter.
· Expand User Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components.
· Click on Windows Explorer.
· Right-click the entry "Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files" and choose Edit.
· Enable the setting.

If it is Windows XP HOME then gpedit.msi does not exist, only in XP PRO

kduffy101

when i click on the start orb then the search box its not allowing me to type anything in it,it says search programes and files,i cant delete this to type in the box.its running xp pro.

aliEnRIK

Goto START and RUN

kduffy101

ok rik ive done that and enabled the settings,but the problem is still the same.

aliEnRIK

Youve run a 'repair' with the xp disc?

kduffy101

no rik,
if i run the xp disc will i lose any of the stuff thats on my pc?