Re: Mystery folders in C\Documents and Settings

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Wesley Vogel wrote:

Thank you, Rock.

I've been working on it off and on since November, 2004 according to the
Created Date of the file. ;-) I changed or added something about a month
ago. I wonder what that was?

I have just spent about three hours searching my registry, the web, my sock
drawer and anywhere else I can think of for why Rename would be missing from
a right click context menu, the File menu in folders and Rename this file
missing from common tasks. I can hardly see straight and I have found no
answer except that shell32.dll has something to do with it.

And I read a post today by Ramesh that stated that you cannot register
shell32.dll. ;-(

I may have to go to bed.


Yep, sometimes it's better to give it a rest. I just was working on a multiboot Vista Boot Loader problem and by being tired keyed in the wrong drive letter which led me down a two hour wild goose chase. Lol..it's all good now.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

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