Wow! Are my sleepy eyes deceiving me? Harold, have you come over from the dark side? You've got WinXP? Congratulations! You are going to love it.
You may have discovered this already but you can make the start menu on WinXP look like the start menu you are used to with Win98 by right clicking on start and choosing properties and then classic start menu. I'm still using the classic start menu. Sounds like a good system. Now the folder. This is on your windows 98 system correct? Right click on the folder and look at the attributes, e.g. system, hidden, etc. See if it will let you change those. Another way would be to figure out exactly where in your file system the folder is and then boot to dos and delete it. Make sure you are deleting the correct folder. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold B Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:30 PM To: PC Works - LIST Subject: PCWorks: Folder that won't delete Hello again, I have a folder on the desktop that at one time had a back up of my start menu (see the "news" below). Even after deleting most of the material in it, and after renaming the remaining folders to a, b, c, etc., I still cannot delete it. I keep getting the message that this "Start menu" is a Windows system folder, and cannot be deleted. What do I do? AND NOW THE NEWS ... Took the easy way out, went to Staples, and purchased a new computer, a Compaq/HP Pavilion with Windows XP, a 160 GB harddrive, and 521 MB memory. That cost $500 and I'll be getting a $50 rebate. At the same time I bought a Lexmark Inkjet printer; it copies, scans, and faxes. Model 3350 and that cost $100, also with a rebate coming to me. The only thing that bothered me was paying $35 for a 16 foot USB cable to connect the printer and the tower; seems a lot to pay for a wire. In addition, I had to go for 2 new speakers (power speakers); seems the sound board in the old computer was stronger. The old speakers were not plugged into any outlet and the sound was fine; this new unit needs help from Con Ed. What I do appreciate is that with Staples, one can register for the rebates on Staples' website. I just want to comment that had I started with this version ten years ago, I would have quit within a week. Just the Start menu alone was overwhelming, and only because I have some Windows skills at this time am I able to cope with this; and after a few days I'm just about finished with organizing the Start menu and done deleting most of of the programs that are not needed by me. One obvious improvement is, no freezes ... but there is MUCH that is different from 98 and I'll be posting a few preguntas as needed. ... Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
