Let's move you to other software to see if someone who browses there has any ideas.

 

I'd definitely try a System Restore with WinME, it does not have the same rigid file permissions that NTFS volumes use and it should reverse any registry changes made by the program.

However if that doesn't work you could try two other options: restart in Safe Mode and see if you can access the folder.

Or use your WinME boot disk to get to a DOS prompt and copy the folder to another directory, or perhaps just rename it. I'll give you instructions for that, but you have to give me the full path to the folder and its name.

 

Dear Rollin' Rog


The complete path is D:/nf10 and the dfs programs extension.

Thanks

 

Dear Rollin' Rog


Please note the correct root for the dir is

d:\nf10.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.

the sequence {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. coming for five times. I tried after starting win me and accessories>msdos prompt but the dir name is too large and it is not moving further after accepting for three times. I also tried in safe mode and starting computer by start up disk but to no avail. Please help

 

Hello Rollin' Rog

Is there a way above I gave the full path to the directory which Iam not able to open.

 

Sorry, I hadn't looked in All other Software for a couple of days.

You might be able to use DOS to copy the folder to a different location and then open it. In WinME you would have to use a WinME boot disk. You can accept "minimal boot". From the a:> prompt you can use a copy command which uses the DOS shortname for the folder. This shortname is the first six characters, a tilde (~) and a 1 if there is only one instance of the name.

For example to copy the folder you have named to the desktop, the copy command from the a: prompt would be:

copy d:\nf10.{~1 c:\windows\desktop

In this line there is a space after copy and a space after ~1

Now if there are other folders beginning with the same character sequence, you must repeat the command but increase the number after the tilde

The reason I recommend doing this with a boot disk, rather than from a DOS prompt from within Windows, is that it will take the orginal program out of the picture entirely.

By the way you might also want to rename that folder. You could use the command.

ren d:\nf10.{~1 mystuff

or if you have copied it

ren c:\windows\desktop\nf10.{~1 mystuff

... or any name you want, just keep it under 8 characters if you are using DOS

 

Any luck?