NeoSeether
December 11th 03, 10:47 PM
Crap, forgot to mention that it happens in my own
profile's Start Menu, too. Much more annoyin' now...
Should have said DirectX9, not DirectX8.
>-----Original Message-----
>I've come across a very annoying issue lately...
normally
>I can drag-and-drop folders and shortcuts in the Start
>Menu, without problems.
>
>Recently, after I drag a folder or shortcut into a sub-
>folder in the Start Menu, the shortcut is invalid, and
>the folder (after being dragged) is empty (0 bytes in
>size, through right-clicking Properties). Trying to cut,
>copy, or delete the folder or shortcut(s) gives
>an "Access is denied" error.
>
>Now the bizarre part is, after a random reboot, several
>(but not all) of the folders have their contents
>restored, along with the correct file sizes (shortcuts
>work as well).
>
>After doing some testing, I've found out that the Start
>Menu in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
subfolder
>is somehow to blame, as attempting to open Start Menu
>folders copied to that location gives the same "Access
is
>denied" error as before.
>
>I've actually done an in-place upgrade of Windows XP to
>restore all default settings, and yet that did not
>recover the blank folders. Installing SP1 did not
resolve
>these issues either. And after attempting to take
>ownership of the folder(s) in Safe Mode had no effect,
to
>my knowledge.
>
>My current setup has all critical updates except SP1 and
>DirectX8 installed from Windows Update... can anyone
make
>sense of this?
>.
>
profile's Start Menu, too. Much more annoyin' now...
Should have said DirectX9, not DirectX8.
>-----Original Message-----
>I've come across a very annoying issue lately...
normally
>I can drag-and-drop folders and shortcuts in the Start
>Menu, without problems.
>
>Recently, after I drag a folder or shortcut into a sub-
>folder in the Start Menu, the shortcut is invalid, and
>the folder (after being dragged) is empty (0 bytes in
>size, through right-clicking Properties). Trying to cut,
>copy, or delete the folder or shortcut(s) gives
>an "Access is denied" error.
>
>Now the bizarre part is, after a random reboot, several
>(but not all) of the folders have their contents
>restored, along with the correct file sizes (shortcuts
>work as well).
>
>After doing some testing, I've found out that the Start
>Menu in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
subfolder
>is somehow to blame, as attempting to open Start Menu
>folders copied to that location gives the same "Access
is
>denied" error as before.
>
>I've actually done an in-place upgrade of Windows XP to
>restore all default settings, and yet that did not
>recover the blank folders. Installing SP1 did not
resolve
>these issues either. And after attempting to take
>ownership of the folder(s) in Safe Mode had no effect,
to
>my knowledge.
>
>My current setup has all critical updates except SP1 and
>DirectX8 installed from Windows Update... can anyone
make
>sense of this?
>.
>