Hi Installed updates, asked for reboot, uninstalled ATI drivers first and the rebooted! Got error that updates could not be configured and rolled back! After restart did ATI / Windows updates. All updates ok, and the failed ones installed successfully! I noticed then that I've 2 "Program Files", and no "Program Files (x86)"! All installed program are there, and searching for a file shows its location in "Program Files (x86)", but "(86)" has disappeared from the second "Program Files" folder! Any thought on that?! And how to get the name back?!
huh??? what are you trying to tell/ask? "C:\Program Files\" if for full 64 bit applications on a 64-bit edition of Windows 7 "C:\Program Files (x86)\" is for 32-bit applications on a 64-bit edition of Windows 7
Right! Windows 7 x64. Had 2 folders, "Program files" ( for x64 programs) and "Program Files (x86)" (for x86 programs)! Now I've 2 folders, "Program files" & "Program files"! The "(86)" at the end of folder name of the second folder is gone!
press start button an type: Code: explorer "C:\Program Files (x86)" if it does not open the specified folder u have a problem...
Have no problem as such. It's just the "(86)" missing at the end of program files folder for x86 files!
Thanks. But Windows original folders cannot be renamed! "How can you have two folders by the same name on the root? " That's what I want to know!
There can be two folder with the same name but the second one is no "real" folder it's more a symbolic link. Open a cmd and type: Code: cd \ dir /A If u see "Program Files" listed as <JUNCTION> it is a symbolic link
OK. CD\ & Dir /A. I've both ProgramFiles & Program Files (86) as Directories. The only junction is Documents And Settings. As I've saig, nothing is wrong with the files or programs, everything works as it should! Only the (86) is missing from the folder that used to have it, the x86 program folder. So under C: I've Documents and Settings, Program Files ( with all x64 programs), Program Files (with all x86 programs as before), Program Data, Users & Windows, plus offcourse those locked folders ( Sys Vol info, recovery, recycle,..).
Something is wrong there Documents and Settings, Program Files ( with all x64 programs) should not exist.
Have a look if a somewhat misplaced or corrupted desktop.ini (attributes: hidden and system) does some strange renaming. Those desktop.ini files can make the explorer show files with whatever name you like. The cmd tells you that the names are still ok, but explorer tells us something different depending on what desktop.ini tells him. I hate when important and everyday used programs don't tell the truth... [sic!] ///sssubito