help request - Cannot create New Folders

[Eric]

This one is new to me...I just installed a new mb/cpu and
ofter getting all of the hardware recognized by WinME i
have discovered that I no longer have the ability to
create new folders / files directly from either the "file"
option under My Computer / Hard Drive or floppy nor do I
have that option even available under teh right click
menu...I'm truly stumped. any help would be
appreciated...is there a setting I've missed or is it a
possible corruption of something...of a related note, If I
find that I really should reinstall Me over itself, will
it lose the information about what has been installed (ie
will I have to reinstall everything - I have a lot of
programs and i do not want to do this if I don't have to.)

thanks for any help,
Eric

[Mart]

Might be worth checking for unwanted pests first <g>

But also sounds like it *could be* a registry issue. Try:-

Start | Run and type "scanreg /fix" (no quotes and note the space between g
and /) in the box and click OK.

BTW - is the 'New' option shown in the file menu, if so what happens when
you select it?

Mart



"Eric" > wrote in message
...
> This one is new to me...I just installed a new mb/cpu and
> ofter getting all of the hardware recognized by WinME i
> have discovered that I no longer have the ability to
> create new folders / files directly from either the "file"
> option under My Computer / Hard Drive or floppy nor do I
> have that option even available under teh right click
> menu...I'm truly stumped. any help would be
> appreciated...is there a setting I've missed or is it a
> possible corruption of something...of a related note, If I
> find that I really should reinstall Me over itself, will
> it lose the information about what has been installed (ie
> will I have to reinstall everything - I have a lot of
> programs and i do not want to do this if I don't have to.)
>
> thanks for any help,
> Eric

No the "new" option isn't available on the file
menu...it's just gone.

I'll try the scanreg/fix and see what happens.
Thanks
eric

>-----Original Message-----
>Might be worth checking for unwanted pests first <g>
>
>But also sounds like it *could be* a registry issue.
Try:-
>
>Start | Run and type "scanreg /fix" (no quotes and note
the space between g
>and /) in the box and click OK.
>
>BTW - is the 'New' option shown in the file menu, if so
what happens when
>you select it?
>
>Mart
>
>
>
>"Eric" > wrote in
message
...
>> This one is new to me...I just installed a new mb/cpu
and
>> ofter getting all of the hardware recognized by WinME i
>> have discovered that I no longer have the ability to
>> create new folders / files directly from either
the "file"
>> option under My Computer / Hard Drive or floppy nor do I
>> have that option even available under teh right click
>> menu...I'm truly stumped. any help would be
>> appreciated...is there a setting I've missed or is it a
>> possible corruption of something...of a related note,
If I
>> find that I really should reinstall Me over itself, will
>> it lose the information about what has been installed
(ie
>> will I have to reinstall everything - I have a lot of
>> programs and i do not want to do this if I don't have
to.)
>>
>> thanks for any help,
>> Eric
>
>
>.
>