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Windows 7 "works" but can not create folder or rename files
FreeCat:
Hi - No sure what cause this but I need to fix it. I was just going to run Tweaking but realize I know nothing about which switches to check.
Background: Story: The other day my entire NT8 folder under Administor user disappeared. If might have been right after a W7 update.
I did a install of Malware bytes, but after the restore the computer would only boot to a blank screen; I could move and see the mouse, but that is all excpet for the icon you installed whichmonitors CPU temperature. No Task bar. I trieed several types of rebooting: last known config, etc. Nothing changed anything.
Then, I remembered a note oI read f trying the safe mode. I did that an got a desktop. Then I rebooted and uninstalled Malware bytes and rebooted again normally and desktop came up, but the machine only fully worked in the normal Potye user (and the NT8 directory was restored!). I don't care about NT8 anymoe; I just want to be able to rename files and create folders.
So, I am using it only as that user, BUT I can not rename any folders on C or any of the NAS. I can create folders and files but no re-naming.
Boggin:
Can you create another admin account to see if you do it then - your current user account may have become corrupt.
Boggin:
If you find that you can do what you need to do with a new admin account, there's a section in this article for Win 7 for transferring data from the old account to the new one.
https://neosmart.net/wiki/corrupt-user-profile/
FreeCat:
Hi - I created a new admin account but when I went to log on preparing the desktop took 30 minutes. I logged back to my account and deleted the new admin account. I also tried an old rarely used admin account and same thing; preparing desktop too a long time.
I switched back to my "working" account OK.
Does this problem have to do with file ownershop, etc? I see that the Tweaking tool has a section for deling with that, but I do not know what switches to set.
One more fact. I can download files to my NAS and my C drive but can not create a text file or a folder on NAS or C drive.
I will await you reply.
Boggin:
It defaults adding Permissions to C: from what I understand from the Help section on that repair.
You'll probably be able to read it better if you go there than try to read my pic.
Once you got the desktop with that other admin account, I would have tried it.
As an alternative to a new or that older admin account, you could boot into the advanced boot options to select Safe Mode.
Then go Start - type cmd - right click on cmd and select Run as administrator and enter net user administrator /active:yes
That should return that the op was successful.
This will invoke the hidden Admin account.
Enter exit to close the cmd window and restart then click on the Admin icon.
My Win 7 machine is slow but it only took a few mins to configure the desktop.
See how the machine performs in that account.
When done, you will need to boot back into Safe Mode to use that cmd prompt and enter net user administrator /active:no to turn it off.
Have you performed a sfc /scannow from an admin cmd prompt to see if it reports any corruption ?
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