Re: Phantom folder

Thanks very much for your reply Wesley, but as I said in my original post,
when I right click it I get only 3 things on that little menu and they are
"open", "explore", and "shortcut", and only the "explore" works when I click
it. When I do click it, it brings up the desktop within explorer. Any other
suggestions? Something has obviously gone wakky on my system and would just
like to correct it is all.

Thanks again

Lonnie



"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Right click the folder and click Properties.

On the General tab:

What's its name?
Listed in the box at the top.

What's its Type?
Just below the box at the top.

What's the Location?
Below the Type.

If it says Target type instead of Type, the folder is a shortcut to a
folder. There will also be a Target box, that inof can be highlighted and
copied.

One at a time highlight the info, right click, select Copy and paste into
Notepad or whatever.

Paste all of that into a message and post back.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:B6CB7113-3BB0-421B-B72B-0C708660245C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Lonnie <Lonnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Isn't there anyone that can give me some help here? I would greatly
appreciate it.
Give me some idea as to what is going on maybe, how to get rid of it.

Thanks





"Lonnie" wrote:

Ok after uninstalling a program or two I all of the sudden have a phantom
folder that wasn't there before. The folder is not displaying like a
regular folder...ie..it is not labeled or anything. Just a plain yellow
folder. If I double click it nothing happens, if I right click it I get
"Explore", "Open", "Create Shortcut". I cannot view it unless I click
on Explore. When I do that it brings up the Desktop. This is located
within the My Computer area. Can someone help me figure this out please?

TIA

Lonnie


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