weird XP desktop folder problem

Carter · 19 Nov 2007 at 21:22

Hi, my brother has a dell dimension 9150, windows xp, can't remember if pro or home. Anyway, if you create a folder on the desktop, then put anykind of file into it, the files 'disappear', that is you can't see anything in the folder. If you right-click the folder - properties, it shows that there is something in there, you just cannot see it. also if you extract a zip file onto the desktop, the contents just disappear. If you create a folder anywhere else it behaves as expected.

So, any clues

Carter · 19 Nov 2007 at 22:02

Thanks, there is another profile on there, his wife's, I'll try that one.

Carter · 19 Nov 2007 at 22:58

Thanks

Carter · 20 Nov 2007 at 19:31

Hi, no I have not been to see him yet, I've been busy fixing another

I've got some more RAM coming for it, plus I'm going to do a complete reinstall for him [lucky me] sometime in the next 7 days or so.

Carter · 20 Nov 2007 at 19:47

Yes, I'll have a play first, see what i can find. He has a few issues with it, 2 years old, so it is in need of a good clean out.