Thanks all for your help.
I thought whiskeyman was proffering some weird symptom exclusive to his own pc lol I didn't know xp's restore could extend to 98se on another...
I think I'll end up reverting to one partition............... and then starting over again :) lol Thanks.
Thanks mattman the HD checks out o'k but I can't use a 98se CD as my 98se comes on a vendor licensed cd which is a ghost image of the O/S plus...
I have one HD split into two partitions with 98se and XP Originally I had the 98se installation occupying one partition on the whole...
Clean disk security was the one. I didn't find one either Arie with a disable/enable option but regsupreme or an old jv16 powertools I have...
Terrific! Thanks very much. No errors at all this afternoon despite trying countless manoeuvres to summon one :) Which shell extension...
Thankyou for the useful link Arie. They mention ShelExView which operates on a very useful priciple but it only displays approx half of my 3rd...
I'm running win98se and recently began experiencing explorer errors. These mainly occur when opening or closing folders, files or applications or...
Yes ! no joy! result = as my post above This poor chap back in 2003 had size problems by the looks of it :D...
Nope ! Any which way I try naming the new folder before opening causes it to open full size. It must be something simple.
I can't access my pc which has xp right now to experiment but I'm pretty sure I have that setting, I'll check next time with a new folder.
JRosenfeld thankyou for coming so close :) All is well as you describe [including after a reboot] until the new folder is renamed before...
What do you reckon ? Is this default governed by a registry setting ?
Thanks both Try this I hope it will convey what I mean. :) right click on desktop select new select folder click on newly created folder...
I ask because all the new folders I create open in a large maximized window first time. Sure I can resize each one afterwards but I'd rather set...
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