desktop doesnt work...cant rename, move, copy file on desktop

[darksimoon]

hi friens

i am almost finishing my dream unattended CD except for a big problem. my desktop doesnt work. that is i cant do some things like renaming or moving, copying files etc. i can do these only from command line.

for example when clicking on "my computer" icon on my desktop it just freezes. clicking works only in other explorer windows. (=i open windows explorer by pushing "winkey+e") but whatever the window is (=no matter from desktop or any explorer window) i cant rename, move, copy, or delete any file.

pls help me about it. i dont know what to do...

[pirrup]

try killing explorer.exe in processes

then start a new explorer.exe

[darksimoon]

thank you for your suggestion but its not the solution. because i already try it in order to finish freeze. but later the same problem continues...

[darksimoon]

hello friends

sorry to disturb you with the same problem but can you tell me at least where i can start to diagnose the problem. i need your suggestions pls help me.

thanks in advance

[Djé]

can you tell me at least where i can start to diagnose the problem.

If you don't have any serious clue about what can be the cause, I would advice to start diagnose from the beginning: make a much simpler installation and see if it works again.

The algorithm is simple:

1- TEST

a- If then it doesn't work, simplify it even more, get closer to an original XP install.

b- If then it works, start adding back a few things.

2- Start over the test.

That way you may solve your problem.

By simplification, i mean removing apps, tweaks, custom stuff, drivers, addons, winn.sif stuff, etc.

You may also go down to a bare xp install, and start over, little step by little step from there:

first slipstream update pack or hotfixes. Try to install Attended.

Then winnt.sif for unattended install. keep it simple first.

Then drivers. One by one if necessary.

Then tweaks, applications, customizations. Little by little.

Good luck my friend.

[cluberti]

Actually, these symptoms are similar to what happens when the OLE key in the registry goes bad - have you checked your HKLM\Software\Microsoft\OLE against one from a working machine?

[darksimoon]

hello friends

@djé

thanks to you i found the problem; i disabled the registry tweaks first, nothing chanced.

then i disabled the cleanup.cmd and result is same. but i could read the setuperr.log in windows directory. the problems was listed at setuperr.log and i saw that the files i integrate has caused the problems. they are calculator,shell32,sysdm and notepad. after i

replaced them with the originals, the problem has been solved.

after finishing my lovely CD i will search how to replace the files in the windows directory again. thank you very very much...