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• Create a new folder or change the name of a folder on the desktop does not display until I use the refresh command

  After changing the name of a folder or a file on the desktop or by creating a new folder (and then hit enter), the folder or the text file doesn't change - until I use the Refresh command. Then, the text shows correctly and the movements of folder or a file in a place open to the top left of the screen. Before using "Refresh" the folder or the file will not open. When I save a file on the desktop is not visible until the 'Refresh' is used. Sometimes, but not always the same behavior occurs in other folders as well.  I use Win XP SP3. Can someone please shed some light on this?

  Hello

  ·        Since when are you facing this problem?

  ·        Remember to make changes to the system?

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  Method 1:

  I suggest you check in safe mode. Follow the steps mentioned below.

  a. restart the computer and keep tapping F8 until you reach the start menu.

  b. click on safe mode from the list and press ENTER.

  Check if the problem persists.

  Method 2:

  I suggest you to scan your system for viruses and malware using a care Microsoft and Microsoft security essentials. Check the links below.

  http://OneCare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security_essentials/

  Method 3:

  Create a new user account and check if the problem persists.

  How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279783

  Thanks and regards.

  Thahaseena M
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer.
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• Network of shortcuts on the desktop will not connect to documents

  I have shortcuts on my Vista desktop to the word "Networking" & excel files that I use all the time.  When I click on the shortcut, my computer says that the file is not found.  If I go through 'my computer' to connect to the file, everything is fine.  This problem is also the problem that I posted on another forum with no response yet:

  Running Vista Business & Office 2007 on a Server 2003 domain.  When I access a 'network' (in Word or Excel) file, and then close the file, I'm unable to re - open the file... I get the message ' document is currently in use, try again later ".  Also, if I open a file, make changes and try to save it under the same name, I get the same message.  I have this problem until last Monday... like a switch has been turned upside down or something.  Any ideas?  I am connected to my workstation which is located in an area (I'm not directly connected to the domain).   This configuration running on all my machines Vista and do not have the problem on a different workstation.  Also the Quickbooks will not open the file of our networked society, workstation does not recognize the network as a QB file file.  Can someone HELP me with this.  My workstation, at this point, is essentially worthless.  I am unable to work on any network files.

  Hello cwil0710,

  Thank you for using the Microsoft Answers forum.  What antivirus do you use?  I suggest not including mapped drive in your virus scanner settings.  Did you install any software or update straight from the software before you start the meeting this problem?

  Thank you for using answers Forum. Please let us know how it works.

  Joseph
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• Icons/programs on the desktop will not open the actual program

  Whenever I click on an icon/program such as Internet explorer in my desktop, it automatically opens windows media center!  Each program, on that I click open windows media center!  How can I fix?

  Looks like you may have a virus or other malware. Get your updated antivirus program and boot into Safe Mode. Note that some viruses can hide from your normal antivirus program, so you really need to scan in Safe Mode. To enter in Safe Mode when you turn on first, press F8 on every seconds until you get the menu, and then select Safe Mode. Then run a complete system scan.

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  Microsoft has suggestions and offerings to

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-a-computer-virus

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  Moderator Forum Keith has a few suggestions along this line to

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/Windows-Explorer-has-stopped-working/6ab02526-5071-4DCC-895F-d90202bad8b3

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  If that suits him fine. If this is not the case, use system restore to go back to an earlier date at the beginning of the problem. To run system restore, click Start-> programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> system restore. Click on the box that says show more restore points.

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  You can check the corrupted system files. Open an administrator command prompt and run SFC if the above does not help. Click START, and then type CMD in the search box, right-click on CMD. EXE and click run as administrator. Then, from the command prompt type sfc/scannow.

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  Finally if all else fails, you can look at the rather cryptic system event log. To do that click on start-> Control Panel-> administration-> event viewer tools. Once in Event Viewer system log-click and scroll entries looking for these "error" with indicator see if you can find guidance on where the problem may be.

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  When you get your system in good working condition, I invite you to back up your system up to an external hard drive and make it regular periodic updates.

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  I hope this helps. Good luck.

• The sidebar will not clear history, even after deletion of history, how to erase the sidebar history?

  Even after the erasure of history (FireFox 6.0.2) the sidebar history contains a story of friends.

  After you remove each item individually and say things to forget to each site, they all return.

  Any ideas on how to clear the history sidebar?

  One possible cause is a problem with the places.sqlite file that stores the bookmarks and history.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/bookmarks+not+saved#w_places-database-file

• the icons on the desktop will not work nor does the beginning menu__

  None of the icons, or the Start button don't work

  awadlow42,
  We could use a little more information to help us on this issue.

  What version of level pack XP\service do you have?
  Do you get any error messages?
  Are you able to navigate\open all items with your keyboard?  The main windows on the start menu open keyboard?
  If something has changed on the system recently (new hardware or software)?
  You are able to access your BIOS or screen boot options and navigate in their midst?
  Have you tried to boot mode safe?  If this is not the case, try to start safe mode and you will see if the elements are functioning normally.  This link talks about fashion without failure: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222

  Let us know this information.
  Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
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• I get error messages, cannot open files or programs, icons on the desktop will not respond, will not recgonize creators of computer files.

  icons are not normal, downloaded progam icons do not show up on desktop, errors of all kinds of files, cannot load down internet Explorer.

  Thank you

  icons are not normal, downloaded progam icons do not show up on desktop, errors of all kinds of files, cannot load down internet Explorer.

  Thank you

  Rebuild your icon cache. It could be damaged

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html use an easier Option.

  For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• "recent places" on the desktop will not erase?

  I don't know how I got here, but apparently its not delete because this isn't a shortcut. There seems to be I left the program where ever it came from originally and now I can't get off my desk... whenever I try to get out of the office, it creates a shortcut... How can I fix it?

  Hi AntoineDiamonds,

  Discover the solution posted in this thread:

  "Recent Places" icon in desktop:
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/w7itproui/thread/b8377728-1C13-45f0-AFED-1b4f9e2db9b6

  Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP (since 2003) for Windows desktop experience. The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ (Windows 7/Vista/XP troubleshooting)

• After upgrading to LR 6 by clicking the shortcut on the desktop will not start LR6

  I have reinstalled twice. still the same problem

  Hello

  Thanks, I tried and it fixed the problem.

  See you soon,.

  Dietmar

• Windows Vista Photo Gallery will not open .jpg on desktop but in a folder on the desktop - why?

  I use vista and if I put a .jpg on the desktop image I open it with any normal program 'open with', with the exception of the Windows Photo Gallery.

  If I create a folder on the desktop and then to move the image in the folder it opens very well as usual.  I logged as a different user on the same computer to test if this office was undergoing the same wierdness.  These are the works very well as it is supposed to.  Accordingly, I find that there are some bad configured "widget" on my main desktop of the user to open the image files automatically when they are on the desk.

  How to restore the default double click of the image so this Windows Photo Gallery it opens on the desktop?

  OK, I found the reason and the solution.  I want to thank myself to resolve this weird behavior of Vista

  the problem occurs because a URL (web link), you have on the desktop is too long.  something like a link to google maps for example or something else Street which is more then 64 characters is originally the Gallery windows to screw up.  Why these two files different, sitting on the desktop may be related, I don't know, but they are.

  find the link that is the author of the offence and delete or move elsewhere and out of your office and bingo!  your desktop image viewer works again.

  HOW TO FIX:
  I found the easy long url because there were only a few links on my desk so if you have a lot and you are not sure which one is, simply create a folder called 'junk url' and move all web links in this directory.  Now, you will see that your office is working again as it should so that you know that one of those that you moved is bad.  Now, to pull everyone out, one at a time on your desktop and keep stable your .jpg image to see if it considers the image.  One of these URLS will begin his shows do not and when you check the properties of this url, you will see that it is a super long address.  One who is bad - get rid of him and now your fixed.

• I upgraded my Vista Home premium to windows 7 ultimate, shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created until the flash drive is reinserted

  during the upgradation he automatically took backup to an external flash drive, now every time I have to run has previously program I have to insert this flash drive.
  also all the shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created so that the flash disk is reinserted

  Hi subhshy001,

  Welcome to the Microsoft Windows answers Forum community!

  Try this if you do not have

  Windows Explorer to create the folders and shortcuts in your document folder, drag and drop them on your desktop.

  If you have completed the steps and was not even useful,

  Follow these steps:

  Try to create a shortcut and sending it on the desktop.

  (1) open: Start Menu ,.
  (2) right-click: Internet Explorer icon .
  (3) select: send to > desktop (create shortcut).

  There should be a shortcut on the desktop .

  Make sure that the "show desktop icon" has a check against it

  OR

  Just click on the empty part of the desktop, choose new > then select the folder to create. Right click on this folder , select Rename it.

  If the steps above do not work then:

  You can scan your computer for malware.

  You can download, install and update anti-malware free of your favorite search engine and find malware.
  
  Important note: this response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there. There are the dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

  If the scan comes back clean, so I recommend doing a System File Checker too l to analyze your OS system files.

  To help resolve this problem, use the tool (SFC.exe) System File Checker to determine which file is causing the problem and then replace the file. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. open an elevated command prompt . To do this, click Start , click principally made programs , Accessories , right-click guest , and then click run as administrator .  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click allow .
  2. type the following command and press ENTER: sfc/scannow (Yes there is a space after sfc) the sfc/scannow command analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions. This analysis do take some time to complete.

  Hope this information helped!

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft technical support.
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• short cuts on the desktop for the URL will not work. Try to connect the browser when rises the address has not been transposed, it's all just white

  short cuts on the desktop for the URL will not work. Try to connect the browser when rises the address has not been transposed, it's all just white

  There may be some problems that repair tools are not picking up. It may be preferable to a repair facility. This can help with any corruption of the registry, which could happen by the deletion of these programs. http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/917964

  Keep in mind when running all that modifies the system it is always a good idea to have your data and backup programs (it's general advice for any system its always good to have a backup in case of possible failure of material/virus)

• Firefox creates "desktop" folder on the desktop whenever I have download

  So I just installed Firefox on my new laptop, and whenever I download something, Firefox creates a "Desktop" folder on the desktop and download of the sticks in there. I used to be able to download directly on the desktop, but with this version, I can't. I tried tools > Options > save files to, but whenever I have click on the Browse button and select the location of my desired download (office under the "Favorites" section), Firefox ignores and sets the path as C:\Users\User1\Desktop\Desktop. Is it possible to fix this? It is extremely irritating.

  See if it works for you as it does for me.

  1. Create a new folder on the desktop labeled downloads (or any other name),
  2. Open tools > Options-> general
  3. Downloads, click on the Browse button and select the new downloads folder that you just created.

  Firefox wants a "folder name" for downloads, by specifying the 'bureau' only or won't 'Favorites '. When you try to force the issue, the name of the folder will mimic what the user is trying to specify. In your case, it created the folder "Desktop" on the desktop. Yes, it's different from previous versions of Firefox, but this change took place ago - many versions so it is not really 'new' any longer.

• How can I move a folder on the desktop docking station application?

  I have an application icon in the dock... when I try to move it to a folder on the desktop, a little 'remove' sign appears... He faints. what I am doing wrong?

  Thank you very much

  You cannot move an icon in the Dock on the desktop. Right click (Control-click) the icon in the Dock, select Options, select Show in Finder. A Finder window opens with the selected application. Now click (or Ctrl-click) on the right and select Create an Alias. This will create an alias/shortcut to the app-drag the icon of the alias of the Application on the desktop folder. You can now drag the icon on the Dock and 'remove' to let go of it.

  If the icon you want the desktop is not an application the same instructions apply. Simply find the origin and do an alias to the drag on the desktop.

• the user removed windows xp, now the computer will not boot

  I have deleted 1 of 3 users on XP Pro.  The program allowed me to save the contents to a folder on the desktop, I did.  I checked the desktop, all data file and pix were there. Then I rebooted.  Open my user account.  All icons were present, but empty, no program.  Go to START - programs, all programs present but empty.  Could not run any program.  I restarted again, and after the Dell startup screen, the screen is black.  Cannot start in safe mode, will not open windows.  I have an XP Reinstall disk but not a recovery disk.

  Hello

  You can follow the steps from the link and check if it helps: computer stops responding with a black screen when you start Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314503