Re: "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem ..." !!!

Have you tried moving the folders to a different drive then deleting them?
or just even a different directory like the desktop or something. Might work
but its a longshot.
"neil (at) caryfamily.co.uk" <neil (at)
caryfamily.co.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C03EB811-4A38-43D0-81C5-BFDE56405498@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm running Windows XP Professional and I have somehow picked up a Virus
> or
> something that defies all Spyware and Anti-virus programmes. The effect
> is
> that when I open Windows Explorer and move the mouse over either of 2
> folders
> in that directory, I get the message "Windows Explorer has encountered a
> problem ..." followed by Explorer closing itself down.
>
> I have tried everything possible to delete those folders and their
> contents
> ...
>
> 1. Using RMDIR /S from the command prompt (this just causes the Command
> prompt window to close)
>
> 2. From the Recovery Console (access to the folders is denied)
>
> 3. Using programmes like MoveOnBoot (the programme closes itself when I
> try to enter the file to be deleted)
>
> 4. Closing my user account from another user account and instructing it
> to
> delete my folders (closes down without deleting).
>
> Short of reformatting the disk, is there anything else I can try?


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