CAN'T RENAME A FOLDER

I'm running vista home premium and i am having trouble when trying to rename
a folder, i right click on the folder and the rename option does not appear
in the menu, i try with the file options in the explorer but when i click the
rename options nothing happens, i'm also having problems with another folder
every time open it the explorer crashes and says it has to shutdown, what
can i do to solve this issues, anny help will be appreciated.

Many times the "Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working" error, especially when
browsing folders, is due to a 3rd party entry added to the right-click
context menu of Windows Explorer, and it isn't working out too well,
registry-wise. Is there a program that you've installed that has added an
item to your context menu when you right-click folders? If so, check that
Program's Options/ Preferences/Properties to see to see if that shell
extension can be turned off. Otherwise, I would uninstall the program, or
ask for help on how to find the particular context menu entry in the
registry, so that you can delete it.


"tjbelliardd" <tjbelliardd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07DB32E6-9904-4A75-8704-6B797220D659@microsoft.com...
> I'm running vista home premium and i am having trouble when trying to
> rename
> a folder, i right click on the folder and the rename option does not
> appear
> in the menu, i try with the file options in the explorer but when i click
> the
> rename options nothing happens, i'm also having problems with another
> folder
> every time open it the explorer crashes and says it has to shutdown, what
> can i do to solve this issues, anny help will be appreciated.

I am having the same issues. It just started doing that. I tried right
clicking, using explorer, changing properties, all to no avail. One day it
worked, then next it did not. Very frustrating.

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Many times the "Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working" error, especially when
> browsing folders, is due to a 3rd party entry added to the right-click
> context menu of Windows Explorer, and it isn't working out too well,
> registry-wise. Is there a program that you've installed that has added an
> item to your context menu when you right-click folders? If so, check that
> Program's Options/ Preferences/Properties to see to see if that shell
> extension can be turned off. Otherwise, I would uninstall the program, or
> ask for help on how to find the particular context menu entry in the
> registry, so that you can delete it.
>
>
> "tjbelliardd" <tjbelliardd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:07DB32E6-9904-4A75-8704-6B797220D659@microsoft.com...
> > I'm running vista home premium and i am having trouble when trying to
> > rename
> > a folder, i right click on the folder and the rename option does not
> > appear
> > in the menu, i try with the file options in the explorer but when i click
> > the
> > rename options nothing happens, i'm also having problems with another
> > folder
> > every time open it the explorer crashes and says it has to shutdown, what
> > can i do to solve this issues, anny help will be appreciated.
>
>

Hello,

You might try going here and try it to see if it helps you. It resets the folder's association.

New Folder

Hope it helps,
Shawn

I see a lot of people with this problem when trying to rename a folder, I've
tried to rename in safe mode and it still won't keeps telling me "Folder
does not exist".

I'd think it can't be another program if it happens in safe mode?

"brink" wrote:

>
> tjbelliardd;317217 Wrote:
> > I'm running vista home premium and i am having trouble when trying to
> > rename
> > a folder, i right click on the folder and the rename option does not
> > appear
> > in the menu, i try with the file options in the explorer but when i
> > click the
> > rename options nothing happens, i'm also having problems with another
> > folder
> > every time open it the explorer crashes and says it has to shutdown,
> > what
> > can i do to solve this issues, anny help will be appreciated.
>
> Hello,
>
> You might try going here and try it to see if it helps you. It resets
> the folder's association.
>
> New Folder
>
> Hope it helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
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For everyone that has posted,

What kind of file are you trying to rename? If it's a system or read only file, you will have to "Take Ownership" of the file first. See this link for details if this is the case:

Take Ownership of file

Let me know and we can troubleshoot from there,
Shawn