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Help these folders are driving me

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  • Started 8 months ago by ulyy1
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ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

OMG let me try to explain this one, both the picture and the music folders are linked. In the start menu the pics are in the right place but when i click on the music pics show up. i scrapped the old pics and got new ones from my personal camera somehow both folder properties are the same even though it says pictures and music in the start menu

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ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

Is there a way to do a system restore that will get my folders fixed

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 5574

Right click on Pictures (in the Start Menu). Select Properties > Location
What does it say the path box (i.e. C:\Users\etc etc

Posted 8 months ago #
 
ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

Both the pic and the music are in the same path C:\Users\ULYSES

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whs
whs
Posts: 6322

You seem to have a basic bug in your system. Apparently the fixes we'd done the other day did not permanently fix it.
Yes you can do a system restore to an earlier date. But then you loose things you have done since. So let's first try a few other things:
1. Open command prompt => type CMD into the Start Search box > right click on cmd above > run as administrator > into the black OS screen type SFC /SCANNOW -- make sure there is a blank before the slash(/). This may fix some files if it can. It will run for a couple of minutes and tell you what it found.
2. Run CCleaner - both the normal clean and the registry clean. Get it from here: http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Then come back and let us know what happened. We may have to fix the folders as we did earlier, but maybe then it will be for good. If not, we'll look at system restore.

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ulyy1
ulyy1
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O.K it's scanning i'll let you know when it's done

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whs
whs
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That ULYSES is from your earlier wallpapers, isn't it. Since you uninstalled that, maybe CCLeaner can wipe the reminents out.

Posted 8 months ago #
 
ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

Ulyses is my name it shows up in all my folders i named my system after me

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 5574

In the same folder that music and pictures is in, create 2 new folders called music2 and pictures2.
Move (not copy) all the files from music to music2, and the same for the pictures.
Delete the music and pictures folders.
Rename the 2 folders ending in 2, to the original names (without the 2)

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ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

Lighthouse i tried and it told me this action can't be completed the folder is open in another program

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whs
whs
Posts: 6322

OK, sorry I did not recognize your name, silly of me.

Posted 8 months ago #
 
whs
whs
Posts: 6322

Now this is interesting, any idea what these "other programs" could be? There seems to be something throwing a monkeywrench into your system. We'll find it, I'm sure.

Posted 8 months ago #
 
ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

whs the scan finished it says widows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them details are included in the cbs log windir\logs\cbs\cbs\.log.log for example c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log the system file repair changes will take effect after the next reboot

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whs
whs
Posts: 6322

OK, unfortunately we cannot get at this log - at least I have never figured out how. Now do CCleaner and then reboot. Then tell us what you see.

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ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

I think somehow both my music and my pics are linked now i now have 2 pic folders and one music folder all three with the same path

Posted 8 months ago #
 
whs
whs
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OK, Let's just proceed as above.

Posted 8 months ago #
 
Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Posts: 5574

Easy. It's c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log. Open it in notepad

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ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

I'm back i checked the properties of both folders pic and music in the start menu and it just says general properties no other info

Posted 8 months ago #
 
ulyy1
ulyy1
Posts: 124

how do i get to that file c:\windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log.

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whs
whs
Posts: 6322

What does it say under "Type of File" in the General tab for the files (e.g. pictures)

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