Unresponsive shortcuts, system files and folders

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Sondi

I have tried many options including re-installing
windows and windows updates. I was wondering if there
could have been an error in the XP update that would
cause an unchecked buffer in the Windows shell to permit
a system compromise. I do not have Windows 95 or 98
installed to complicate. I read in a troubleshooting
guide that I could have a problem because the size of the
environmentally variable path is greater than 512
charcters.......is this as silly as it sounds? Thanks
for your help!
 
Sondi wrote the following on 16-Aug-2004 7:19 AM:
I have tried many options including re-installing
windows and windows updates. I was wondering if there
could have been an error in the XP update that would
cause an unchecked buffer in the Windows shell to permit
a system compromise. I do not have Windows 95 or 98
installed to complicate. I read in a troubleshooting
guide that I could have a problem because the size of the
environmentally variable path is greater than 512
charcters.......is this as silly as it sounds? Thanks
for your help!
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Unresponsive shortcuts are usually a problem with shortcut file
permissions, usually inherited from the original folder location when
moved to another location. Change the permissions to inherit and that
will usually unlock the shortcut.

I can't imagine what an unresponsive system file or folder doesn't do
that it should do. System data are normally not accessible to limited
accounts.
 
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