can't delete files any more !!

[buddy]

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I've been using Win XP SP2 for about 6 months, everything fine.

Today a strange problem started. If I try to delete a file or folder,
in Windows Explorer or from an application, I get this error message:

Failed assertion in common.cpp at line 168
Error loading signature XML from 'sigs.xml'

Then, all desktop icons and the taskbar disappear. All I can to is
hardware reset.

I did a file search and I don't have either of those files on my
computer.

It is the same if I am in the menus and right-click on a menu item and
choose delete.

It is the same if I right-click in a desktop icon - don't get as far as
choosing Delete or anything else, just the right-click.

AVG, Ad-Aware, and Spybot turn up nothing.

Help!!!

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

You may have a context menu issue, try the steps here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"buddy" <buddyboy@idcomm.com> wrote in message
news:1120975531.646551.311270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I've been using Win XP SP2 for about 6 months, everything fine.
>
> Today a strange problem started. If I try to delete a file or folder,
> in Windows Explorer or from an application, I get this error message:
>
> Failed assertion in common.cpp at line 168
> Error loading signature XML from 'sigs.xml'
>
> Then, all desktop icons and the taskbar disappear. All I can to is
> hardware reset.
>
> I did a file search and I don't have either of those files on my
> computer.
>
> It is the same if I am in the menus and right-click on a menu item and
> choose delete.
>
> It is the same if I right-click in a desktop icon - don't get as far as
> choosing Delete or anything else, just the right-click.
>
> AVG, Ad-Aware, and Spybot turn up nothing.
>
> Help!!!
>

 

[buddy]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

OK, I went to regedit and found some entries for an app I had
uninstalled, and removed those entries. That fixed it as far as being
able to remove menu entries while in the menu system, by right-click
and choosing Delete.

But I still have the same problem when trying to delete a file, and
also when right-click on a desktop icon.

 

[buddy]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Ok, I went back to regedit, search for the app name of the one I had
removed, and found a few more entries to delete. Now all is fine!!
thanks

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You may have a context menu issue, try the steps here:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/context_folders.htm
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "buddy" <buddyboy@idcomm.com> wrote in message
> news:1120975531.646551.311270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > I've been using Win XP SP2 for about 6 months, everything fine.
> >
> > Today a strange problem started. If I try to delete a file or folder,
> > in Windows Explorer or from an application, I get this error message:
> >
> > Failed assertion in common.cpp at line 168
> > Error loading signature XML from 'sigs.xml'
> >
> > Then, all desktop icons and the taskbar disappear. All I can to is
> > hardware reset.
> >
> > I did a file search and I don't have either of those files on my
> > computer.
> >
> > It is the same if I am in the menus and right-click on a menu item and
> > choose delete.
> >
> > It is the same if I right-click in a desktop icon - don't get as far as
> > choosing Delete or anything else, just the right-click.
> >
> > AVG, Ad-Aware, and Spybot turn up nothing.
> >
> > Help!!!
> >