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skati · 06-26-2008, 07:00 PM

Hey all, I'm wondering if any of you have heard of this weird Windows XP issue. When trying to open up the c drive in my computer (via double clicking or clicking, then hitting enter), I get an error message saying:

Run-time Error '76'

Path not found

Now here's the thing though. When I pull up folder view in my computer and open up the c drive through that, it pulls up fine. When I right click and select open from the context menu, it pulls up fine. And lastly, when I select explore from the right click context menu, it pulls up fine. It only gives that error when double click and highlighting it and hitting enter. Also, it's only the c drive that does it.

I've ran a check disk on it, that worked. I deleted temp, temporary internent, and cookie files, that didn't work. I've also scanned for spyware and virues and still nothing. Also, defrag didn't help anything either.

It's not really screwing anything up, but it's just an annoying issue I'd like to solve for the sake of it...that and cause I'm the only one in the house that'd think to pull up folder or the right click context menu.

This is happening on two computers. One is a laptop and the other is a desktop. The c drive was shared, but I disabled sharing on it to see if that'd work. No go there.

The desktop is Windows XP Media Center Version 2002, Service Pack 3.

The laptop is Windows XP Professional Version 2002, Service Pack 3.

This issue started the day before yesterday...or at least, I noticed it then.

Thanks for any and all help...or heck, thanks for just giving it a look as well.

06-26-2008, 07:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
skati Newb Techie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2	Weird Windows XP Situation Hey all, I'm wondering if any of you have heard of this weird Windows XP issue. When trying to open up the c drive in my computer (via double clicking or clicking, then hitting enter), I get an error message saying: Run-time Error '76' Path not found Now here's the thing though. When I pull up folder view in my computer and open up the c drive through that, it pulls up fine. When I right click and select open from the context menu, it pulls up fine. And lastly, when I select explore from the right click context menu, it pulls up fine. It only gives that error when double click and highlighting it and hitting enter. Also, it's only the c drive that does it. I've ran a check disk on it, that worked. I deleted temp, temporary internent, and cookie files, that didn't work. I've also scanned for spyware and virues and still nothing. Also, defrag didn't help anything either. It's not really screwing anything up, but it's just an annoying issue I'd like to solve for the sake of it...that and cause I'm the only one in the house that'd think to pull up folder or the right click context menu. This is happening on two computers. One is a laptop and the other is a desktop. The c drive was shared, but I disabled sharing on it to see if that'd work. No go there. The desktop is Windows XP Media Center Version 2002, Service Pack 3. The laptop is Windows XP Professional Version 2002, Service Pack 3. This issue started the day before yesterday...or at least, I noticed it then. Thanks for any and all help...or heck, thanks for just giving it a look as well.