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Some cache used by Windows XP (SP2 with all updates) Explorer is clearly
corrupted on one of my systems. Directory properties (including folder
type, icon, and picture) for many folders are incorrect and cannot be
corrected. In specific instances, attempting to correct the info for one
directory fixes that directory but changes another; fixing the 2nd then
changes the first...as if Windows appears to have the properties for
the two directories "cross-threaded".
Creating a new copy of one of the "linked" directories would appear to be
a possible solution. That is, until the files from the old copy are moved,
the
old copy is deleted, and the new copy is renamed. As soon as the new
directory is renamed, it acquires the corrupted properties of the previous
copy.
So the problem is linked to the directory NAME, not the actual file on disk.
Results are the same, regardless of... Explorer's Folder Options Advanced
Settings "Do/Do Not Cache Thumbnails", the TweakUI Explorer Folder
Customizations "folders to remember" setting, BagMRU size per KB813711
"customizations are lost or incorrect", or other "help" as provided by the
generic KB812003 "how to" article.
I suspect there are registry entries for the properties of the corrupted
directories
that point to the same place, one or more of which must be repaired. I
further
suspect an XP bug which, even if I do get the current errors corrected, will
come
back to haunt me in the future. Any help at all?
Some cache used by Windows XP (SP2 with all updates) Explorer is clearly
corrupted on one of my systems. Directory properties (including folder
type, icon, and picture) for many folders are incorrect and cannot be
corrected. In specific instances, attempting to correct the info for one
directory fixes that directory but changes another; fixing the 2nd then
changes the first...as if Windows appears to have the properties for
the two directories "cross-threaded".
Creating a new copy of one of the "linked" directories would appear to be
a possible solution. That is, until the files from the old copy are moved,
the
old copy is deleted, and the new copy is renamed. As soon as the new
directory is renamed, it acquires the corrupted properties of the previous
copy.
So the problem is linked to the directory NAME, not the actual file on disk.
Results are the same, regardless of... Explorer's Folder Options Advanced
Settings "Do/Do Not Cache Thumbnails", the TweakUI Explorer Folder
Customizations "folders to remember" setting, BagMRU size per KB813711
"customizations are lost or incorrect", or other "help" as provided by the
generic KB812003 "how to" article.
I suspect there are registry entries for the properties of the corrupted
directories
that point to the same place, one or more of which must be repaired. I
further
suspect an XP bug which, even if I do get the current errors corrected, will
come
back to haunt me in the future. Any help at all?