[andongni1956@yahoo.com]

I am having all sorts of issues with my desktop
when i try to add a shortcut or new folder (by right click on desktop
and select new) then i get a message to say path is not valid....
does anyone have any ideas what could be causing thei?... seems as if
its checking in wrong location

regards
Tony

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Tony,

Not sure what's causing this. When did this happen? Have you tried a System
Restore rollback?

Verify the User Shell Folders path for Desktop and Common Desktop
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/usershellfolders.htm

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

<andongni1956@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am having all sorts of issues with my desktop
> when i try to add a shortcut or new folder (by right click on desktop
> and select new) then i get a message to say path is not valid....
> does anyone have any ideas what could be causing thei?... seems as if
> its checking in wrong location
>
> regards
> Tony
>