can't rename folders

Hi
I am new to forums and have a rather annoying problem. When i try an
change the name of any folder, new or old, i get an error message tha
says "the file or folder does not exist" . i have tried every registr
fix, download, settings change that i can find, and nothing helps.
have tried the fix on the microsoft site as well, but to no avail. i
there is any ideas out there as to why the fixes that seem to be workin
for other people aren't working for me, they would be much appreciated
i am running vista business x 32 on a lenovo laptop. the operatin
system came preinstalled. i cannot recall any particular event that ma
have caused this, it seemed to happen very suddenly one afternoon
please help!!

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adrianls2000

adrianls2000;983052 Wrote:
> Hi
> I am new to forums and have a rather annoying problem. When i try an
> change the name of any folder, new or old, i get an error message tha
> says "the file or folder does not exist" . i have tried every registr
> fix, download, settings change that i can find, and nothing helps.
> have tried the fix on the microsoft site as well, but to no avail. i
> there is any ideas out there as to why the fixes that seem to be workin
> for other people aren't working for me, they would be much appreciated
> i am running vista business x 32 on a lenovo laptop. the operatin
> system came preinstalled. i cannot recall any particular event that ma
> have caused this, it seemed to happen very suddenly one afternoon
> please help!!

Hello Adrianls

Have you already tried these links below

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...-vista-fix.htm

an

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69837-new-folder.htm

If you have, then you might see if running a "sfc /scannow" command ma
help

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66...fc-command.htm

As a test, you might also create a new administrator account to see i
you can rename file while logged in it instead

Hope this helps for now
Shaw

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Hi Shawn.
thanx for the reply. i have tried those two fixes you suggested an
unfortunately they didn't work. i have just tried the system scan and i
came up with no errors at all. i also tried creating a new admin accoun
but had the same problem occuring on that account as well.
i'm starting to get the feeling that i may need to reinstall the os t
solve the problem.
Adrian

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adrianls2000

adrianls2000;983786 Wrote:
> Hi Shawn.
> thanx for the reply. i have tried those two fixes you suggested an
> unfortunately they didn't work. i have just tried the system scan and i
> came up with no errors at all. i also tried creating a new admin accoun
> but had the same problem occuring on that account as well.
> i'm starting to get the feeling that i may need to reinstall the os t
> solve the problem.
> Adrian

If this problem has not always been like this for long, then you may b
able to do a '*_System_Restore_*
(http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76...store-how.html) usin
a restore point dated before you had this problem to fix it

If this still does not help, then the only other option I know of is
reinstall. :

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*Please post feedback to help others.*

yeah i have tried system restore as well, but it keeps telling me that
it hasn't completed it successfully, i have had that problem since i had
the computer. i think i am just going to have to do a reinstall. thanx
for your help. much appreciated.
Adrian.


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adrianls2000

Ok Adrian. I hope this install runs smoother for you.


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them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*

My problem was I couldn't delete a couple of files. It gave me the same
reason does not exist. After chatting with Dell support they couldn't figure
it out either so I reinstalled the OS and did a format before installing
Vista and that solved the problem. That's a time consuming task but it
works.

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"adrianls2000" <guest@unknown-emta nothing else would.ail.com> wrote in
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>
> Hi
> I am new to forums and have a rather annoying problem. When i try and
> change the name of any folder, new or old, i get an error message that
> says "the file or folder does not exist" . i have tried every registry
> fix, download, settings change that i can find, and nothing helps. i
> have tried the fix on the microsoft site as well, but to no avail. if
> there is any ideas out there as to why the fixes that seem to be working
> for other people aren't working for me, they would be much appreciated.
> i am running vista business x 32 on a lenovo laptop. the operating
> system came preinstalled. i cannot recall any particular event that may
> have caused this, it seemed to happen very suddenly one afternoon.
> please help!!!
>
>
> --
> adrianls2000
>