Hi,
I have several icons/files from my "User" folder showing up in the "Computer" folder (several in duplicate), PLUS numerous blank icons...
This seems to have occurred after the Common Files folder became corrupted, after I somewhat riskily decided to power off while Vista was attempting to come out of Sleep mode - it had already taken about 3 mins and I was in a hurry - bad move, I know. That delay appears to have been due to an old version of Online Armor, and has now been fixed (by an update). Chkdsk scanned and (apparently) corrected some errors, and I also ran SFC which said it had corrected some errors but had also found some that it couldn't correct. Any help much appreciated.
Thanks.
Icons/Files from "User" folder showing up in "Computer" folder
- 26 Nov 2009 #1My System Specs
Icons/Files from "User" folder showing up in "Computer" folder
Last edited by Brink; 26 Nov 2009 at 05:29 PM. Reason: attached image
- 26 Nov 2009 #2
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My System SpecsRe: Icons/Files from "User" folder showing up in "Computer" folder
Hello Aster, and welcome to Vista Forums.
You might see if doing a system restore using a restore point dated before this happened may be able to fix it.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
- 26 Nov 2009 #3My System Specs
Re: Icons/Files from "User" folder showing up in "Computer" folder
Um...I switched it off for space-related reasons. I'm guessing the best solution would be a repair install. However, as the prob appears to be a purely cosmetic one, that can wait. Unless, of course, there's some other way to fix this kind of corruption in Vista.
Btw, there's a couple of "Desktop"'s in my User folder too.
Thanks.
- 26 Nov 2009 #4
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It may be easier to create a new Administrator account, and copy the contents of your old account's user folders into the corresponding new account's user folders. If everything checks out ok, you can then delete the old user account from within the new one.
- 04 Dec 2009 #5My System Specs
Re: Icons/Files from "User" folder showing up in "Computer" folder
Sorry for the long pause, Brink - waylaid by domestic issues I'm afraid.
Anyway, yes that sounds worth a try. I'll give that a go (when I can find the time...) and let you know how it turns out.
Many thanks
- 04 Dec 2009 #6
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I hope it's nothing bad. I'll be here to help when your ready.
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