iconman Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 When I click on all microsoft programs(IE,OUTLOOK EXPRESS,WINDOWS EXPLORER) they all say this error message "[program name] has encountered an error - would you like to send it to Microsoft?" I always choose "send error report" and when I right click on files to rename/delete etc. them that message also appears. WTF is going on! :( Can someone tell me how to fix this? Thanks ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottGutt Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Format and re-install. Don't cry about it, just do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whybkuul Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Originally posted by RottGutt Format and re-install. Don't cry about it, just do it! bah, not that big of a deal. i did it last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted January 12, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2002 yeah.. that's what i'd suggest too... If you got system restore on (i turned mine off since i'd rather formatting) then just do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 Im not crying LOL but how do i format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmuZombie Veteran Posted January 12, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2002 What you do to format is put the Windows XP cd in your cd drive. reboot, and then your computer should load off of the cd (press any key when it tells you to) You'll go through XP's setup, and it will eventually ask you if you want to format, here's where you pick either fat32 or ntfs, most likely if you have no idea what either of those mean/are you'll want to chose fat32. ntfs has extra features you won't need anyway :) BE ADVISED, when you format, EVERYTHING on your hard drive will be erased. So make sure you back up important files. Sorry if you already knew that, but a lot of people have no idea that it will do that until it's too late :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted January 12, 2002 Author Share Posted January 12, 2002 it already is FAT32 I still get these errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmuZombie Veteran Posted January 13, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2002 no, it's not fat32 causing, more then likely something came along and messed with windows (or even windows itself heh).. reformating just simply erases the entire disk so that you can start over from scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted January 13, 2002 Author Share Posted January 13, 2002 Originally posted by EmuZombie no, it's not fat32 causing, more then likely something came along and messed with windows (or even windows itself heh).. reformating just simply erases the entire disk so that you can start over from scratch So what do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtgriffith Posted January 13, 2002 Share Posted January 13, 2002 I like how the answer to every software problem is format and start over. :right: Did you install any software or drivers before this started happening? Did you make any hardware changes? Check the amount of free space you have on your system drive. I have seen this happen when the system drive runs out of space. What is the exact error message? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted January 14, 2002 Author Share Posted January 14, 2002 Originally posted by mtgriffith I like how the answer to every software problem is format and start over. :right: Did you install any software or drivers before this started happening? Did you make any hardware changes? Check the amount of free space you have on your system drive. I have seen this happen when the system drive runs out of space. What is the exact error message? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iv'e had this problem way back when I had Win98SE but I didn't get as many error messages as I do now with XP. I have about 5.55GB left. The message appears only when I try to right click on my destop and when I try to rename/delete a file. Exact Error Message: http://nap.homestead.com/files/error_message.JPG If someone can help me get rid or fix these stupid annoying error messages all help appreciated. Thanks 'n Advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truman Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 You could try repairing windows xp. Boot from the CD and go through everything to install it on c drive, then it will say that windows xp is already installed and would you like to repair it, select yes and this should cure the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomis_nehc Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 hrmm, i don't know how much the repair actually repair tho. from my experience, it seems like repair is like installing over the existing install... anyone make a correct statement here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtgriffith Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 Error reporting is never going to let you see what the real error is. Right click on the My Computer icon and choose properties. Click the advanced tab. At the bottom click error reporting. Turn off error reporting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmuZombie Veteran Posted January 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 14, 2002 If you've had this problem since Windows 98 it might be a bad hard drive. You can try using a program like chkdsk (free with windows xp) to search for bad sectors and if any are found it marks them as bad and tries to recover the files. Marking them as bad is simply putting a note by it that says to not use it and the OS will automatically skip over it and never try to use it again. To use chkdsk go to Start | All Programs | Acessories | Command Prompt. In the black screen (dos) that pops up, type in "chkdsk c: /F /R" It may or may not say it can only do this after restarting, if so, type y and simply restart. If you don't need to restart it will begin the scan. This might take a few minutes to a few hours to do depending on how fast your hard drive is. And you cannot use your computer while this is going on. (If you do it will keep having to start over and will take forever). So, my suggestion is to leave it run while you'll be away at school, work, sleeping or something. After it completes just restart your system and see if the errors still ouccur. If so, then it might be a farther problem on the drive that can't be detected by software. In that case, you'll probably want to consider investing in a new hard drive. But, don't take my word for it on that, someone else may have a better idea/solution then my own, so wait a few days on that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted January 14, 2002 Author Share Posted January 14, 2002 Originally posted by EmuZombie If you've had this problem since Windows 98 it might be a bad hard drive. You can try using a program like chkdsk (free with windows xp) to search for bad sectors and if any are found it marks them as bad and tries to recover the files. Marking them as bad is simply putting a note by it that says to not use it and the OS will automatically skip over it and never try to use it again. To use chkdsk go to Start | All Programs | Acessories | Command Prompt. In the black screen (dos) that pops up, type in "chkdsk c: /F /R" It may or may not say it can only do this after restarting, if so, type y and simply restart. If you don't need to restart it will begin the scan. This might take a few minutes to a few hours to do depending on how fast your hard drive is. And you cannot use your computer while this is going on. (If you do it will keep having to start over and will take forever). So, my suggestion is to leave it run while you'll be away at school, work, sleeping or something. After it completes just restart your system and see if the errors still ouccur. If so, then it might be a farther problem on the drive that can't be detected by software. In that case, you'll probably want to consider investing in a new hard drive. But, don't take my word for it on that, someone else may have a better idea/solution then my own, so wait a few days on that :p OK Ill try that Thanks! Thanks for all your guys help! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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