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One simple task - Create and rename a folder - HOW!
Malke, sorry about the incomplete info.
I have partitioned the HD. Drive C: I have the OS. I don't touch that part. Drive D: I have all my pics, videos etc. When I try to create new folders on D: I get the 'File or Folder' does not exist and the folder is still created with the name New Folder and each new folder is given the next higher number: ie: New Folder1 New Folder2 etc. I can add or remove files from these folders or even delete them. BUT I can't rename.... Thanks Oldgoat |
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One simple task - Create and rename a folder - HOW!
Oldgoat wrote:
Malke, sorry about the incomplete info. I have partitioned the HD. Drive C: I have the OS. I don't touch that part. Drive D: I have all my pics, videos etc. When I try to create new folders on D: I get the 'File or Folder' does not exist and the folder is still created with the name New Folder and each new folder is given the next higher number: ie: New Folder1 New Folder2 etc. I can add or remove files from these folders or even delete them. BUT I can't rename.... Thanks With what program did you partition your hard drive? It sounds as though you don't have the correct permissions set on that drive or on the folders on it. Did you attempt to move your User folders there? If yes, how did you do it? Were you ever able to create folders on that partition? If yes, what changed? Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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One simple task - Create and rename a folder - HOW!
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:34:23 -0000, Oldgoat wrote:
Malke, sorry about the incomplete info. I have partitioned the HD. Drive C: I have the OS. I don't touch that part. Drive D: I have all my pics, videos etc. When I try to create new folders on D: I get the 'File or Folder' does not exist and the folder is still created with the name New Folder and each new folder is given the next higher number: ie: New Folder1 New Folder2 etc. That looks like a bug - IOW, the operation is successful but the shell's "knowledge" is not updated to add an awareness of the newly-created folder, so it cannot be presented to you for your choice of name to be applied. I can add or remove files from these folders or even delete them. BUT I can't rename.... Interesting - you can navigate into them and work within them, but you can't rename them? It what way do attempts to rename, fail... - can't find "old name" therefore can't rename it - can't rename "old name" because it is in use ....? BTW, to clarify what Malke said about "Vista changes the file system": Windows Explorer is not a file system browser, it is a namespace browser. The namespace is a collection of items within folders, whereas the file systems are a collection of PCs, drive letters, directories and files, nested accordingly. Not all folders are directories. Some are not directories at all (e.g. "My Computer" or "Network"), others are modified views of multiple directories ("Recycled"), others are modified views of the contents of a single file, and others do correspond to actual directories, but via different navigation (e.g. Users\You\Documents vs. wherever the corresponding directory really is) With this in mind, the first thing I'll ask is whether the folder you are testuing these things, is a "normal" directory, or a namespace object that may or may not also be a directory. --------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - To one who only has a hammer, everything looks like a nail --------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - |