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windows explorer can't delete, copy, move, rename files
I have just encountered this problem. Windows Explorer
hangs the entire system when I try to move, copy, delete, rename any files. Scandisk seems to go into a loop. Defrag also goes into a loop. The entire system will hang up if I right click an icon on my desktop. The only way out of the hangs is to do a power off and back on and the scandisk that runs because windows did not properly close seems to work fine as does defrag if I run it from a DOS prompt. I have scanned for a virus and found a file named winupd.exe to be infected. It was deleted but the problem persists. I have re-installed win98 and applied all maintenance for the product that I have. Any ideas, I'm lost. Len |
windows explorer can't delete, copy, move, rename files
Thanks for offering help. I believe I have this problem
fixed. It appears that something called 'Xupiter' placed a trojan horse on my system. I had used a freeware package called Spybot to track down such things and it deleted a file called 'sp.dll'. That is where my problem began. At startup I was getting a message that sp.dll could not be found and I believe that when the trojan horse code was not able to complete it left Internet Explorer corrupted. I re-installed IE and used MSCONFIG to unflag two lines that read 'regedit -s C:\windows\sp.dll'. I no longer get the message that 'sp.dll' cannot be found and windows explorer seems to be OK. I did a search on 'sp.dll' and found lots of hits addressing this problem. My resolution came from 'www.dll-files.com'. Thanks again -----Original Message----- Does it happen in a clean boot situation...?... "START button, Run, MSConfig", & turn off the Startup Group, Config.sys & Autoexec.bat. (Note: when you later turn them back on, all items in them will get checked. So, note what may be unchecked first.) If it does not happen there, then the first suspect may actually be your virus scanner, especially if you have it set to auto- scan. Which one is it? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Len" wrote in message ... | I have just encountered this problem. Windows Explorer | hangs the entire system when I try to move, copy, delete, | rename any files. Scandisk seems to go into a loop. | Defrag also goes into a loop. The entire system will hang | up if I right click an icon on my desktop. The only way | out of the hangs is to do a power off and back on and the | scandisk that runs because windows did not properly close | seems to work fine as does defrag if I run it from a DOS | prompt. I have scanned for a virus and found a file named | winupd.exe to be infected. It was deleted but the problem | persists. I have re-installed win98 and applied all | maintenance for the product that I have. Any ideas, I'm | lost. | | Len . |
windows explorer can't delete, copy, move, rename files
You are welcome. Glad you got it. Yes, indeed, Xupiter is a dirty rotten
scoundrel & has been known to mess with a certain .dll... As PA Bear also knows... ......Start....... ....snip Don't know what is causing your error, but first be sure you do not have Xupiter installed, as it is associated with many MFC42 errors. http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#Xupiter http://www.xupiter.com/uninstall/ You should also install and run Ad-Aware. Ad-Aware 6 free version: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ ....glen -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems ......End......... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Len" wrote in message ... | Thanks for offering help. I believe I have this problem | fixed. It appears that something called 'Xupiter' placed | a trojan horse on my system. I had used a freeware | package called Spybot to track down such things and it | deleted a file called 'sp.dll'. That is where my problem | began. At startup I was getting a message that sp.dll | could not be found and I believe that when the trojan | horse code was not able to complete it left Internet | Explorer corrupted. I re-installed IE and used MSCONFIG | to unflag two lines that read | 'regedit -s C:\windows\sp.dll'. | I no longer get the message that 'sp.dll' cannot be found | and windows explorer seems to be OK. I did a search | on 'sp.dll' and found lots of hits addressing this | problem. My resolution came from 'www.dll-files.com'. | | Thanks again | | | -----Original Message----- | Does it happen in a clean boot situation...?... | | "START button, Run, MSConfig", & turn off the Startup | Group, Config.sys | & Autoexec.bat. | | (Note: when you later turn them back on, all items in | them will get | checked. So, note what may be unchecked first.) | | If it does not happen there, then the first suspect may | actually be your | virus scanner, especially if you have it set to auto- | scan. Which one is | it? | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "Len" wrote in message | ... | | I have just encountered this problem. Windows Explorer | | hangs the entire system when I try to move, copy, | delete, | | rename any files. Scandisk seems to go into a loop. | | Defrag also goes into a loop. The entire system will | hang | | up if I right click an icon on my desktop. The only way | | out of the hangs is to do a power off and back on and | the | | scandisk that runs because windows did not properly | close | | seems to work fine as does defrag if I run it from a DOS | | prompt. I have scanned for a virus and found a file | named | | winupd.exe to be infected. It was deleted but the | problem | | persists. I have re-installed win98 and applied all | | maintenance for the product that I have. Any ideas, I'm | | lost. | | | | Len | | | . | |
windows explorer can't delete, copy, move, rename files
I am new to this Newsgroup - hope I am using it correctly.
My problem is a bit like Len's, has anyone offered a solution? Problem 1: In Windows Explorer I can't drag & drop files except into the recycle bin, nor can I copy & paste. In DOS prompt copy & move work OK. Problem 2: All chm type help files will not display details, they only show the index. Problem 3: Brittanica 2001 only shows window headings, not the portion with the search box. If I have a virus, is there a site that lists symptoms & names the virus? I run WIN98 1st Ed with a firewall, virus protection, and 2 spyware programs. -----Original Message----- I have just encountered this problem. Windows Explorer hangs the entire system when I try to move, copy, delete, rename any files. Scandisk seems to go into a loop. Defrag also goes into a loop. The entire system will hang up if I right click an icon on my desktop. The only way out of the hangs is to do a power off and back on and the scandisk that runs because windows did not properly close seems to work fine as does defrag if I run it from a DOS prompt. I have scanned for a virus and found a file named winupd.exe to be infected. It was deleted but the problem persists. I have re-installed win98 and applied all maintenance for the product that I have. Any ideas, I'm lost. Len . |
windows explorer can't delete, copy, move, rename files
HE SAID he had a trojan horse. Therefore...
First pick one of these to identify what loads at boot. Next, see whether there is an option in it's menus to disable it from starting up. If you really want to rid yourself of it on a more permanent basis, then look for it in "Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs". However, it isn't often easy to know what is what in there. One of these URL's may say. Only last, go to StartUpCop. http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q137367 Startup Items http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q179/3/65.asp Startup Group http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q282107 Startup http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm http://users.westelcom.com/rogersr/clean.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheppard.p/startup.htm http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...tasklist_a.htm http://www.djbdesigns.com/wtvzone/startup.html http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.htm http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/start.htm http://www2.whidbey.com/djdenham/Uncheck.htm http://www.3feetunder.com/krick/startup/list.html http://www.pcmag.com/ 's StartUpCop has "undo", and it is more than a combination of "START, Run, MSInfo32, Software Environment, Startup Programs" and "START, Run, MSConfig, Startup tab". It can even do a permanent delete. Of course, first see whether the app has an option in it's own menus to remove itself from the Startup Group. This is configurable, and one may maintain multiple configurations. Update definitions & check for viruses, and... http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot http://patrick.kolla.de/spybotsd.html SpyBot- Search & Destroy. SpyBot is gabby in it's "Checks" & "Fixes" logs. Turn them off in "Settings". http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.de/ Also AdAware http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html CoolWebSearch Chronicles http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip & CWShredder http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Finally, Hijack This http://aumha.org/a/hjttutor.htm Hijack This Logs Tutorial-- MUST read! ....may find something. (Actually, they certainly will.) .......Quote.......................... Download and run Hijack This, but don't remove anything with it yet: http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip Follow the instructions at this Tutorial: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/ to save the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums: http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=11 http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi http://tomcoyote.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=499 -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm ....End of quote.............. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Cedric" wrote in message ... | I am new to this Newsgroup - hope I am using it correctly. | | My problem is a bit like Len's, has anyone offered a solution? | | Problem 1: In Windows Explorer I can't drag & drop files | except into the recycle bin, nor can I copy & paste. In | DOS prompt copy & move work OK. | | Problem 2: All chm type help files will not display | details, they only show the index. | | Problem 3: Brittanica 2001 only shows window headings, not | the portion with the search box. | | If I have a virus, is there a site that lists symptoms & | names the virus? | | I run WIN98 1st Ed with a firewall, virus protection, and 2 | spyware programs. | | -----Original Message----- | I have just encountered this problem. Windows Explorer | hangs the entire system when I try to move, copy, delete, | rename any files. Scandisk seems to go into a loop. | Defrag also goes into a loop. The entire system will hang | up if I right click an icon on my desktop. The only way | out of the hangs is to do a power off and back on and the | scandisk that runs because windows did not properly close | seems to work fine as does defrag if I run it from a DOS | prompt. I have scanned for a virus and found a file named | winupd.exe to be infected. It was deleted but the problem | persists. I have re-installed win98 and applied all | maintenance for the product that I have. Any ideas, I'm | lost. | | Len | . | |
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