I'm having a tiny bit of a computer problem. And I figure there is no place better to ask for help than here! Every time I open "My Documents" the whole things slows dramatically, and normally crashes! Even when I view it through a program (like "Open" in Word, or equivalent) it slows down a lot! There are no viruses in there (besides one suspicious file, but I can't delete it as I can't even open the folder!) as there are only 18 files, and I know what they all are! (The suspicious one is a Run File for a huge MMORPG. Very unlikely, but I know all the over 17 are perfectly safe!)
Help?
~Ease~
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 Feb 7 2005, 10:23 am
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Ease wrote:
And I figure there is no place better to ask for help than here! You may not think this may be helping you, but it is....This is probably the worst place to ask for help. =P Ease wrote: (The suspicious one is a Run File for a huge MMORPG. Very unlikely, but I know all the over 17 are perfectly safe!) Sorry that I do not have any helpful information (other than the above 'fact'), but what MMORPG is it? | |
Navigate to it using the command line (Start->Run->command or Start->Run->cmd, for Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP respectively). The actual path of the folder varies depending on your Windows version; on XP it's C:/Documents and Settings/username/My Documents.
Then move the files in My Documents to a new folder one by one. After you move a file, try opening up My Documents and see if removing the file made it start working. If so, you found the evil file! You should probably also check to see if it still messes Windows up if you navigate to the folder it's in now. | |
Heh, I tried that. One small problem; in the many years since I last used cmd, I've forgotten how to! I was about 8 at the time, and I can't remember how! Any chance you could tell me some basic commands? Sorry!
*Is very very embarrased* ~Ease~ | |
That reminds me, i had something like that in a folder once, whenever i went in the folder it slowed me down a lot, so maybe if you move that somewhere else?
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You may also consider running check disk. If you go to Start and then Run, and type:
chkdsk c: /R (Or replace C: with whatever drive My Documents is on) This will run checkdisk, and automatically repair most problems. | |
Heh, no problem. I don't use it a whole lot either, but I do use it enough to remember the basic commands.
Igmolicious is probably correct about it being a disk problem. You could also use ScanDisk instead of chkdsk. But just in case you want to try my more pedestrian detective method: 0. Using the normal Windows GUI, make a new folder with a path that's short and easy to remember - say, C:\mydocs. This is where you'll be moving the files to. 1. Start the command line (Start->Run->command or Start->Run->cmd, for Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT/2000/XP respectively). 2. The cd command changes the current directory, and dir lists the files in it. So use cd to change to your My Documents folder. 2a. Unfortunately you'll have to find out the DOS path of the My Documents folder; despite what Microsoft would have you believe, it's actually not a top-level directory. =) On Windows XP, you'd do this (but replace username with your actual user name): cd "C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents" The quotes are necessary because the path contains spaces. Other versions of Windows use different paths for My Documents; IIRC, 98's is something like C:\WINDOWS\Users\username\My Documents". You can just use Google to find out anyway, it shouldn't be too hard to find. 3. Issue the command dir /w to list all the files in the current directory (which should be your My Documents directory). One by one, issue the following command for each file: move somefile.xxx C:\mydocs After moving each file, see if you can open My Documents using Windows. If it still freezes, move another file; if not, problem fixed! | |
Or use cmd.