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WINDOWS XP- Can not delete anything

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by stahler1 1 view

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I am running WIN XP home edition. I can not delete anything by the GUI. I can go into the dos prompt and use trusty old Dos command but if I try to delete from the desktop I get this error: Cannot delete (file): Cannot find the specified path. Make sure you specify the correct path.

Another interesting thing is that event viewer doesn't want to log anything. ANyone ever see this before?

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by thechas

My first though is that you may be logged on as a guest.

I haven't worked with the Home edition as yet.

I would log off, and then log in as administrator, and see if you can delete the shortcuts from there.

If so, you need to create a new user profile for yourself.

Another posability, is that you need one or more of the updates from Microsoft.

Chas

by stahler1

My account is the admin. I created a new one but it still does not delete. I have all the updates, in fact, I almost think that is the problem. lol. I am close to the good old solution of REFORMAT and REINSTALL. XP, I guess things never change!!

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