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Windows Forum / Windows Me / System Tools / September 2006"Rename" has stopped working on one Drive
Hi all, Drive D, first partition on Disk 1, has suddenly displayed this problem. On the File Menu, Rename is greyed out, while F2 has also stopped working. The right-click Menu no longer shows the Rename option. I have also noticed that all the + signs have disappeared from Folders in Drive D. For all other Drives on both Disk 0 and Disk 1, Rename still works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin....  SignatureJim, in sunny Brisbane, Oz. "Suddenly!" - do you recall making any changes at all? Can't think of an 'instant' solution Jim, but might be worth looking in DevMan, TweakUI - if installed, or any other utility which might affect your HDD's, at the Properties of each HDD and their respective partitions and compare to see if your D: drive has any different settings applied. Mart > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... Mart, You reminded me that I relocated my Recent folder to D:, using Tweakui 1.33, and this is what caused the problem. Unfortunately, changing it back to C: just transfers the problem to that Drive! I'm still working on it. Many thanks, Jim > "Suddenly!" - do you recall making any changes at all? > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems > > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... Oh dear!! - That option comes with a warning - "Carelessly changing a special folder may render your system unusable" and then goes on to mention multiple duplicated folders etc. First thoughts are can you find an earlier SR point that you could get back to - or perhaps, if you've got more than one Recent folder, you may have to rename or even delete them. Good luck Jim Mart > Mart, > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems >> > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... Just a further suggestion Jim - at your own risk <g> - is to try renaming (especially your 'Recent' folder(s)) using the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) instead of Windows Explorer, both of which have totally different behaviours. You may even have to look for 'faulty' 'Recent' paths in your registry and delete them. Could be messy <g> Mart > Oh dear!! - That option comes with a warning - "Carelessly changing a > special folder may render your system unusable" and then goes on to [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >>> > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems >>> > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... Fortunately, the problem seems to have resolved itself. After two or three unproductive moves I finally have a functioning Recent folder on Drive D, with none of the original problems. I shall be a bit more cautious in future and I must try to remember to use System Restore..... Thanks again, Jim > Just a further suggestion Jim - at your own risk <g> - is to try renaming > (especially your 'Recent' folder(s)) using the old File Manager [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > >>> > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems > >>> > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... Good to know that it's working again Jim. Following warnings/notes when using TweakUI - reproduced with acknowledgement to the late Koldbear 1) Do *not* change the first icon from "My Documents" on the Desktop tab 2) Do *not* uncheck: Search Results on the Desktop tab 3) Do *not* hide the Tweak UI icon on the Control Panel tab 4) Do *not* uncheck: Show Control Panel on Start Menu on the IE tab 5) Do *not* uncheck: Shell enhancements on the IE tab 6) To move "My Documents" folder, right-click on the Folder, and click Properties. And I suppose a further one now :- 7) Take heed of the warning notice when Moving or Relocating special folders or files <g> Mart > Fortunately, the problem seems to have resolved itself. After two or > three [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] >> >>> > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems >> >>> > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... Well said, and duly noted. Thanks, Jim. > Good to know that it's working again Jim. > [quoted text clipped - 85 lines] > >> >>> > works as normal. System Restore hasn't cured these problems > >> >>> > so I would welcome any other ideas on removing this Gremlin.... |
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