Very nice find, Rob! Thanks. I will forward this to my client and have him play with it. He does, by the way, do a great job imaging and backing up his PC on a scheduled basis. He drank my kool-aide and actually believes that backing up and imaging is a good thing to do. The point? If he messes anything up using Power Toys he can always go back to a previous image and start fresh!
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Anderson > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] XP SP2 grief > > > Try TWEAKUI > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > > And rebuild icons! > > HTH, > > Robbo. > > Rob Anderson | Software Engineer | Pegasus, an Infor company | Tel: +44 > (0)1536 49 5006 | Fax: +44 (0)1536 495214 | Mobile: +44 (0)7917 615401 > Orion House, Orion Way | Kettering | Northants | NN15 6PE | UK > www.pegasus.co.uk > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gil Hale > Sent: 19 March 2008 14:25 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com > Subject: [NF] XP SP2 grief > > Greetings All! > > I have a client who tried to run an XP Pro SP2 update on his home PC (at > long last). All went well other than the fact that his desktop icons do > not > come up any longer upon reboot. He end up having to manually fire off > the > .lnk file for his settings, then all is okay. He does get an error > message > that says" > > (In the title bar >) /idlist,:624:2744, c:\documents > > (In the error box >) windows could not find '/idlist,:624:2744, > c:\documents > > > t looks to me like a Registry value is trying to find a file in the > "c:\documents and settings" directory, but as though it is not qualified > with being nested within double-quotes, hence it is hitting the first > nested > <space> character in the path and crapping out there. I have yet to > search > his Registry, but that will be my next step. BTW, when I uninstalled > SP2 > the problem went away. After reinstalling SP2 it was back. Googling > and > looking as M$ KB yielded some results, but none I could get my teeth > into. > > Everything else on the PC is running fine, other than the fact I think > he > ought to replace XP with Ubuntu (I have become an extremist! > Aaaaggghhh!!!) > > > Thanks! > > Gil > > > > Gilbert M. Hale > New Freedom Data Resources > Pittsford, NY > 585-359-8085 - Office (Rolls To Cellular) > 585-202-4341 - Cellular/VoiceMail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/mixed > text/plain (text body -- kept) > application/ms-tnef > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
