-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Strange Folder Created -- GMan

Judith,
    I'm going through older archives and I happened across this one.  My app 
is showing that I never replied to it.  If that's true, is it still a 
problem?

Peace,
GMan
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"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:26 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Strange Folder Created -- GMan


> Did what you suggested -- nothing in PSP 9 or registry.
>
> Judith
> __________________
>
> Judith,
>    Open up Paint Shop Pro and go through all of the
> Options/Settings/Preferences to see if anything in there points
> to this
> folder (or to either of those two alphanumeric strings).  The
> folder may be
> locked by the program that created it, provided some part of
> that program is
> running all the time (and you most likely would not find it
> showing in the
> Notification Area (near the system clock)).  If you find
> something, report
> back so we can do a little research on it.
>
>    If you don't find anything like that, those two strings of
> numbers &
> letters are registry codes (Class ID's) for something attached
> (or formerly
> attached) to your system.  Open up the Registry editor (Start >
> Run > type
> 'regedit' (no quotes) > press Enter) and then go to Edit > Find
> and type in
> (or Copy/Paste in) the first of those two alphanumeric strings
> and then
> click on the Find button.  If anything comes up (neither struck
> a hit on my
> own system), investigate the left pane branch (any folders
> (they're actually
> called keys) inside the one it finds) using only your arrow
> keys.  If you
> get movement in the right pane instead (up & down arrow keys
> select
> different lines in the right pane), do an ALT + TAB to shift
> attention to
> the left pane and try again.  Hopefully, you'll see something
> with a program
> name or the location of a file on your hard drive that can be
> investigated
> (go to the location, find the file and look at the Property
> sheet > Version,
> if available).  Even if nothing is found, repeat the process for
> the second
> alphanumeric string.
>
>    If none of these ideas bears any fruit, we'll just be back
> to where we
> were before you posted.  Oh, and sorry for all of the
> parenthesis.  Seems I
> had a lot of clarifying to do in this one.         lol
>
> Peace,
> GMan 


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