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Guest Miguel
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Hi!

 

....For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

 

where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

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Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

 

"Miguel" <maico54@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi!

>

> ...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

>

> where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>

>

%SystemDrive% is the environment variable whic defines the device letter of

the drive which contains your operating system.

It is not a folder. You ought not to see this thing in your desktop all by

itself.

Jim

Guest Newbie Coder
Posted

Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

Miguel,

 

Usually the System Drive is 'C:\' on most machines

 

--

Newbie Coder

(It's just a name)

 

 

"Miguel" <maico54@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi!

>

> ...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

>

> where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>

>

Guest John John
Posted

Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

This is most likely a bogus folder or at least a folder with a bogus

name. What are the files and folders in this folder? %SystemDrive% is

a variable that refers to the "Drive" where Windows is installed, it

usually refers to the C:\ drive. The C:\ drive (or any other drive)

*cannot* be on the desktop, that is just plainly impossible. Possibly

what you have on the desktop is a shortcut?

 

John

 

Miguel wrote:

> Hi!

>

> ...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

>

> where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>

>

Guest db ´¯`·.. >
Posted

Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

likely to be simply a

short cut that can be

deleted or renamed.

 

by right clicking on the

start button and exploring

users, you can then explore

the desktop folders and double

check that problem icon

to see if it is notated as "shortcut"

 

 

 

 

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"Miguel" <maico54@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi!

>

> ...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting

> in my desktop...

>

> where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>

>

Guest Miguel
Posted

Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

Hi, I explored s you mentioned, and it does not show as a short cut..

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

" db ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` .. ." <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com>

escribió en el mensaje news:OGwpjMd6HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> likely to be simply a

> short cut that can be

> deleted or renamed.

>

> by right clicking on the

> start button and exploring

> users, you can then explore

> the desktop folders and double

> check that problem icon

> to see if it is notated as "shortcut"

>

>

>

>

> --

>

> db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸.

>><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..

>> ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>

>

>

> .

>

>

> "Miguel" <maico54@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OXwWWtc6HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hi!

>>

>> ...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

>>

>> where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>>

>>

>

Guest Miguel
Posted

Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

It does not show that is a shortcut, if I enter to the folders inside the

file this is the address that I get:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\M4C\Escritorio\%SystemDrive%\Documents and

Settings\M4C\Datos de programa\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache

 

Read "escritorio" as desktop and "datos de programa" as program data (this

is a spanish OS)

 

I also do not see this folder in the C drive..

 

What should I do? should I cut and place on C:\ ?

 

Need to comment my PC is running unusually slow. ..

 

Thanks for your help!

 

 

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> escribió en el mensaje

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> This is most likely a bogus folder or at least a folder with a bogus name.

> What are the files and folders in this folder? %SystemDrive% is a

> variable that refers to the "Drive" where Windows is installed, it usually

> refers to the C:\ drive. The C:\ drive (or any other drive) *cannot* be

> on the desktop, that is just plainly impossible. Possibly what you have

> on the desktop is a shortcut?

>

> John

>

> Miguel wrote:

>

>> Hi!

>>

>> ...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

>>

>> where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>>

Guest John John
Posted

Re: %SystemDrive% folder

 

Hmmm. That would not usually be on the desktop it should be at:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application

Data\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache

 

As mentioned earlier %systemroot% is a system variable, it's the same

thing as C:\. I think that maybe (or probably) you copied or dragged

the folder to your desktop by error. Check to see if the folder

actually exists in its expected location, it should be located at:

 

C:\Documents and Settings\M4C\Datos de programa\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache

 

If it isn't there copy it from the Desktop to the default location and

then move the one on the desktop to a temporary location. If after a

week or so you experience no problems you should be able to delete the

temporary copy of the folder.

 

John

 

Miguel wrote:

> It does not show that is a shortcut, if I enter to the folders inside the

> file this is the address that I get:

>

> C:\Documents and Settings\M4C\Escritorio\%SystemDrive%\Documents and

> Settings\M4C\Datos de programa\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache

>

> Read "escritorio" as desktop and "datos de programa" as program data (this

> is a spanish OS)

>

> I also do not see this folder in the C drive..

>

> What should I do? should I cut and place on C:\ ?

>

> Need to comment my PC is running unusually slow. ..

>

> Thanks for your help!

>

>

> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> escribió en el mensaje

> news:e1GJMDd6HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>>This is most likely a bogus folder or at least a folder with a bogus name.

>>What are the files and folders in this folder? %SystemDrive% is a

>>variable that refers to the "Drive" where Windows is installed, it usually

>>refers to the C:\ drive. The C:\ drive (or any other drive) *cannot* be

>>on the desktop, that is just plainly impossible. Possibly what you have

>>on the desktop is a shortcut?

>>

>>John

>>

>>Miguel wrote:

>>

>>

>>>Hi!

>>>

>>>...For some reason my %SystemDrive% folder is sitting in my desktop...

>>>

>>>where should be located? in c: or c:/windows ?

>>>

>

>


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