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oldtimer · 08-06-2003, 10:32 AM

This is not just some common microsoft screw-up this was a combined effort by Winzip and a dumb buddy of mine. Now, I downloaded Office 2000 w/ Frontpage off of Kazaa. I know, I know. But I knew the dangers, was willing to accept them, and had countermeasures prepared. To tell you the truth, I had lost my setup cd, but had the case and the registration number (A lotta good that does me). So, I noticed the soft on Kazaa; looked for a healthy file size, downloaded, extracted, and searched for the setup file to install it. The Winzip self-extractor pointed to a temp folder deep inside win xp (too many folders, I say!!). And trust me their "~" signs did not help me get any closer to finding the desired folder to run the setup file from the freshly extracted files. So, my buddy comes along with a great idea (or so we thought at the time). "Why don't you just extract the files to the c: drive?" followed by; "Ok, what hell, it won't do anything." Little did we know.

Ok, so we got the files to the c drive ran setup, put my reg serial in and got the install done. So afterwards I wanted to rid myself of the setup files from the winzip extraction. Searched for them & deleted them to the recycle bin. Next thing I know, I cant open my c drive through "My Computer" (the desktop icon) but only through Windows Explorer; haven't tried Open Office document though. Though this is a small problem but nonetheless an annoyance. To add, the c: drive's icon has changed to a icon you expect to see for only a unrecognized file. Ex: .chk or any file that is unassociated with a program in windows. But before I removed those "setup files" from my c drive, the icon in My Computer represented itself as the "puzzle logo", famous for office 2000 products, and I think it believed my c drive was a cd-rom drive. But I'm stretching that.

Yes, I tried a complete uninstall. Then a re-install from a new location, windows/temp, and still had c act inaccessible, only in my computer, when there was no setup files pertaining to win xp. As soon as I moved the setup files back though, the icon returned to a puzzle logo and let me access it. I think some registry setting has got a hold of my c drive thiking it is somehow the "home" of office 2000. Anybody, who took the time to stand reading this story, thank you. Please let me know your suggestions.

08-06-2003, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
oldtimer Addict	WINXP problem Seriously I need help This is not just some common microsoft screw-up this was a combined effort by Winzip and a dumb buddy of mine. Now, I downloaded Office 2000 w/ Frontpage off of Kazaa. I know, I know. But I knew the dangers, was willing to accept them, and had countermeasures prepared. To tell you the truth, I had lost my setup cd, but had the case and the registration number (A lotta good that does me). So, I noticed the soft on Kazaa; looked for a healthy file size, downloaded, extracted, and searched for the setup file to install it. The Winzip self-extractor pointed to a temp folder deep inside win xp (too many folders, I say!!). And trust me their "~" signs did not help me get any closer to finding the desired folder to run the setup file from the freshly extracted files. So, my buddy comes along with a great idea (or so we thought at the time). "Why don't you just extract the files to the c: drive?" followed by; "Ok, what hell, it won't do anything." Little did we know. Ok, so we got the files to the c drive ran setup, put my reg serial in and got the install done. So afterwards I wanted to rid myself of the setup files from the winzip extraction. Searched for them & deleted them to the recycle bin. Next thing I know, I cant open my c drive through "My Computer" (the desktop icon) but only through Windows Explorer; haven't tried Open Office document though. Though this is a small problem but nonetheless an annoyance. To add, the c: drive's icon has changed to a icon you expect to see for only a unrecognized file. Ex: .chk or any file that is unassociated with a program in windows. But before I removed those "setup files" from my c drive, the icon in My Computer represented itself as the "puzzle logo", famous for office 2000 products, and I think it believed my c drive was a cd-rom drive. But I'm stretching that. Yes, I tried a complete uninstall. Then a re-install from a new location, windows/temp, and still had c act inaccessible, only in my computer, when there was no setup files pertaining to win xp. As soon as I moved the setup files back though, the icon returned to a puzzle logo and let me access it. I think some registry setting has got a hold of my c drive thiking it is somehow the "home" of office 2000. Anybody, who took the time to stand reading this story, thank you. Please let me know your suggestions. __________________ Slowly but surely getting over the loss of TFP v. 3.0. Where the hell am I?.... Showering once a month does not make you a better person. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King, Jr.