Hello again (using Windows 98), Original Question:
I know that in evey start menu, programs section, there is a folder called StartUp which even if empty, cannot be deleted. No problem with that. But here *is* a problem: Sometime ago I must have moved another StartUp folder (I'm not sure from where) and am holding it in a desktop folder I call "Hold" (a place where I keep files/folders that I might delete if I find them not necessary. This StartUp folder, like the one in my Start menu, is empty. My question is, why can't I delete it. When going to delete it, a message comes up saying: "StartUp is a Windows system folder and is required for Windows to run properly. It cannot be deleted." But (1) this is *not* the StartUp folder in the Start menu, and (2) even if I change the name of the folder, which I can do, upon deleting it, it again says (naming the new folder) "is a Windows system folder etc etc." In other words, whatever I call it, this empty folder is considered a Windows system folder. What's really going on, and how (even using the registry) can I get rid of this blot in my life? Solution I'm posting this so that the question doesn't just hang in the archives without an answer. Having received no reply from the Aug. 22 question, and sensing that the solution was in the registry, what I did was search for any key called "Hold" (that appeared to refer to my problem) but first making sure that this phantom StartUp folder was the only item in the "Hold" folder. I deleted these keys (there were two of them), and that solved the StartUp folder that refused to delete. The same folder that is in the Start menu remains unscathed; problem solved ... Harold B. ============= 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 =====================================================
