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by: PeteFrazier May 29, 2012 1:41 PM PDT

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Cannot create a folder anywhere in Windows 7 Home Premium

by PeteFrazier - 5/29/12 1:41 PM

I am unable to create a folder anywhere in Windows 7 Home Premium - only a briefcase.

Been fighting this problem for 1.5 months with potential solutions via Google with no resolution.

My system is a Dell Inspiron 530s, Intel Core 2 Duo 430 @1.8Ghz 1.8Ghz, 4GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1

I have been able to create folders since my Windows 7 installation last summer up through mid-April 2012.

Believe that the registry was affected by some free SYNC program that I received when downloading a purchased document converter. I have not been able to locate the SYNC anywhere in the registry or by searching Google Desktop.

Have used AVG PC Tuneup to clean up and defragment the registry several times with no resolution.

Can I find a registry file after an initial install of Windows 7 that I can compare to entries in my current registry?

Can you offer me any further guidance?

Thanks for your help


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Folder issues etc.

by pgc3 - 5/30/12 7:52 AM

In Reply to: Cannot create a folder anywhere in Windows 7 Home Premium by PeteFrazier

The first thing to have tried and you may have, would be a simple system restore (to an earlier time) that might have resolved the issue(s). The other thing that I see are procedures that can/could create problems rather than resolve much of anything, specifically registry cleaners, defrags, pc tune ups etc. Hopefully you have the OS disks in the event that you have to pull pertinent data from the system to an external source and do a reload.


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Have you tried prior solutions? Link given.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/30/12 1:38 PM

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http://superuser.com/questions/76916/cant-create-new-folder-from-anywhere-in-windows-7


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Recommended solution for not able to create any folder

by Dell-Zohaib_R - 6/19/12 1:53 PM

In Reply to: Cannot create a folder anywhere in Windows 7 Home Premium by PeteFrazier

Hi PeteFrazier,
When you are sure your computer's Operating System's registry has been corrupted Dell recommends doing an Operating System Reinstallation. If you need any help with this you can revert back to me with the service tag of your computer in a DIRECT MESSAGE (please do not post your service tag on any public forum).
However, if you still want to try out a few more steps before removing everything from your computer please do go through the following link:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/cant-create-anymore-new-folders-in-windows-7/721a9129-c800-4224-8779-805dd6dfb80e

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You can reach us at https://twitter.com/#!/dellcares / https://www.facebook.com/dell / http://en.community.dell.com/


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