Inspiron and Username Folders empty

I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
with a blank folder picture as icon.
When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively and
not by me, of course.
Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if necessary.
Nothing else is effected.
Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.

Harry.

Hi,

If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon to
that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file structure? Do
you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system folders?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"webster72n" <> wrote in message
news:uVhnZ$...
>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
> with a blank folder picture as icon.
> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively and
> not by me, of course.
> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if necessary.
> Nothing else is effected.
> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>
> Harry.

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon
> to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file structure?
> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system folders?

It is set to: 'Show hidden files and folders'.
Since you mention it, I seem to recall another instance where it is
recommended not to show System Files.
Will have to look into that to change it and see if it makes a difference.
Thanks and I'll let you know. <H>.

>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
> news:uVhnZ$...
>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>> and not by me, of course.
>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>
>> Harry.
>

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon
> to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file structure?

Overlooked this the first time:
they both are at the bottom of the list instead of on top.

> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system folders?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
> news:uVhnZ$...
>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>> and not by me, of course.
>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>
>> Harry.
>

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon
> to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file structure?
> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system folders?

Can't find any other option besides the 'Show hidden files and folders' nor
the specific location of the two folders, but my user data appears under the
'Public' folder as 'NUSER.DAT', only when opened it shows funny looking
hyroglyphs in Notepad
with some normal words, like 'public' and 'data', I believe.
If I open with 'Words', it says in a dialog box:
'Works cannot open 'C:\User\user\INSPIRON (or USERNAME respectively). The
file may be in use by another application, the file format may not be
supported by any of the converters, or the file may be corrupt.'
After closing the box it shows the file empty, apparently.
Should you have any other ideas, please let me know
Thanks for the support so far, Rick.

Harry.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
> news:uVhnZ$...
>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>> and not by me, of course.
>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>
>> Harry.
>

Hi,

If they are both at the bottom, it suggests they are files, not folders,
such as shortcuts.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"webster72n" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon
>> to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file structure?
>
> Overlooked this the first time:
> they both are at the bottom of the list instead of on top.
>
>> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system folders?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>> news:uVhnZ$...
>>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>>> and not by me, of course.
>>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>>
>>> Harry.
>>

Ntuser.dat is a user-specific registry file. While you can open it in
notepad, much of it cannot be interpreted by that program. All notepad does
is convert binary strings into characters defined by a standard ascii table.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"webster72n" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon
>> to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file structure?
>> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system folders?
>
> Can't find any other option besides the 'Show hidden files and folders'
> nor the specific location of the two folders, but my user data appears
> under the 'Public' folder as 'NUSER.DAT', only when opened it shows funny
> looking hyroglyphs in Notepad
> with some normal words, like 'public' and 'data', I believe.
> If I open with 'Words', it says in a dialog box:
> 'Works cannot open 'C:\User\user\INSPIRON (or USERNAME respectively). The
> file may be in use by another application, the file format may not be
> supported by any of the converters, or the file may be corrupt.'
> After closing the box it shows the file empty, apparently.
> Should you have any other ideas, please let me know
> Thanks for the support so far, Rick.
>
> Harry.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>> news:uVhnZ$...
>>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>>> and not by me, of course.
>>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>>
>>> Harry.
>>

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> If they are both at the bottom, it suggests they are files, not folders,
> such as shortcuts.

They are files according to the icon, I erroneously referred to it as folder
icon, but how can I find the destination of those shortcuts? The 'open with'
choices don't lead me anywhere.
Is there any way at all to restore the original situation?
Still can't figure out how it may have turned out this way.

>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to logon
>>> to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file
>>> structure?
>>
>> Overlooked this the first time:
>> they both are at the bottom of the list instead of on top.
>>
>>> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system
>>> folders?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>
>>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>>> news:uVhnZ$...
>>>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>>>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>>>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>>>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>>>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>>>> and not by me, of course.
>>>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>>>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>>>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>>>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Harry.
>>>
>

Hi,

If they are just shortcuts, then you should be able to delete them.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"webster72n" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> If they are both at the bottom, it suggests they are files, not folders,
>> such as shortcuts.
>
> They are files according to the icon, I erroneously referred to it as
> folder icon, but how can I find the destination of those shortcuts? The
> 'open with' choices don't lead me anywhere.
> Is there any way at all to restore the original situation?
> Still can't figure out how it may have turned out this way.
>
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to
>>>> logon to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file
>>>> structure?
>>>
>>> Overlooked this the first time:
>>> they both are at the bottom of the list instead of on top.
>>>
>>>> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system
>>>> folders?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>
>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:uVhnZ$...
>>>>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>>>>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>>>>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>>>>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>>>>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6 respectively
>>>>> and not by me, of course.
>>>>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>>>>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>>>>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>>>>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Harry.
>>>>
>>

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> If they are just shortcuts, then you should be able to delete them.

That's exactly my problem, they are there in place of the folder and I don't
seem to be able to locate it. Any ideas?

>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>>
>> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If they are both at the bottom, it suggests they are files, not folders,
>>> such as shortcuts.
>>
>> They are files according to the icon, I erroneously referred to it as
>> folder icon, but how can I find the destination of those shortcuts? The
>> 'open with' choices don't lead me anywhere.
>> Is there any way at all to restore the original situation?
>> Still can't figure out how it may have turned out this way.
>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>
>>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> If your username folder were truly empty, you would not be able to
>>>>> logon to that account. Where are these "folders" located in the file
>>>>> structure?
>>>>
>>>> Overlooked this the first time:
>>>> they both are at the bottom of the list instead of on top.
>>>>
>>>>> Do you have folder options/view tab set to see hidden and system
>>>>> folders?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>>>>
>>>>> "webster72n" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uVhnZ$...
>>>>>>I just discovered that my Username and Inspiron Folders are empty,
>>>>>> with a blank folder picture as icon.
>>>>>> When I click on either one of them I get the "Open with" scenario.
>>>>>> Yet by right-clicking I am able to access "Properties".
>>>>>> According to it the folders were modified on July 5 and 6
>>>>>> respectively and not by me, of course.
>>>>>> Is there a way to correct this and, if so, how?
>>>>>> Have no idea what could have caused it and can live with it, if
>>>>>> necessary. Nothing else is effected.
>>>>>> Would be extremely grateful for suggestions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Harry.
>>>>>
>>>
>