Re: How to get rid of a Windows Error Message?

Try what Ramesh suggested.

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"skimmi" <skimmi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4C11FD96-3E5C-42FE-930E-B7FB0BD88A5A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes I did follow the suggestion, been trying forever to get rid of this
> thing?!? Yes I I did create the Yahoo Pics and jus tried clicking on
> another folder in the My Documents section to see if I'd have any problem and
> I didn't?, could move it if I wanted to? And ther error msg eventually pops
> up when I click on that certain folder (it's named Yahoo pictures). I tried
> switching it to the classic view but still, when I clicked on the Yahoo
> pictures folder the error message popped up? So maybe it's that folder?
> (maybe just transferring all the contents in it to another location would
> solve).
> Thank you for helping to 'whittle that mistake down to the exact problem'
> ...maybe*smiles*
>
> skimmi
>
>
>
> "Charlie Tame" wrote:
>
>> I see you followed Frank's link alright then :) So did I!
>>
>> Okay, can we narrow this down a little.
>>
>> First Yahoo Pics is a folder in "My Documents" that you created right? I
>> will assume that is the case.
>>
>> Next, you can explore anywhere else in "My Documents" without the error
>> message right?
>>
>> Next, when you enter this folder and do nothing else does the error
>> evetually appear or is it only when you start trying to move pictures?
>>
>> Before you reply open My Documents, go to the tools menu item and select
>> folder options. See if you are using windows classic view, it's a little
>> button you can check. If not then find something that causes the error,
>> return to these options, select classic view then close the windows and
>> start over... see if the error still happens when you do whatever you did
>> before.
>>
>> I think there may be something wrong with the folder (directory) or
>> something in that folder and classic view may just eliminate it.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> "skimmi" <skimmi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7F6379FF-25FF-46CD-A7D6-7668EE916592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hope I can find a solution to a
>> > recurring problem I'm having. I have XP Professional service pack 2 on my
>> > computer and when I open up a file in my Documents section am getting the
>> > error message 'Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to be
>> > closed. We are sorry for the .....'. If I simply move that window around I
>> > can continue what I planned to do originally but if I click on the error
>> > msg
>> > window everything's cleared, so I feel that I only need to do is keep that
>> > msg from appearing? But I have tried the method suggested in
>> > [url]http://windows-help.,net/WindowsXP/tune-08.html[/url] and it does not
>> > solve the problem. Have also tried many other things (including looking in
>> > gpsedit.exe and that really messed things up but I may not have done it
>> > right). Am very hesitant abt trying
>> > [url]http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFIX.htm?[/url] Any suggestions
>> > please?
>> > it is extremely irritating. I did send an email to Microsoft abt it and
>> > they
>> > sent me the hotfix KB816506 but it did not solve the problem
>>
>>
>>
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