re: Constant 1606 errors
Sunday, July 14, 2002 at 8:04 pm
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Posted by Mike
(1 messages posted)
The error that i am receiving is this:
Error 1606: Could not access network location ":\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop".
i tried what you had said for yours, but in user shell shell folders i do not have
a Common Administrative Tools.
I am new to Windows XP Pro and can't seem to fix this.
I am trying to install Fireburner
On Wednesday, January 9, 2002 at 9:23 pm, Dave wrote:
>Well, after about a week of tearing my hair out over this *&%$# error, I finally
>found a solution. Basically came down to changing a registry value. Here's the
>solution:
>
>Solution for the error 1606 Could not access Network Location. Tools> .All Users\.
>
>1. Startup > Execute... > regedit ---> Accept
>
>2. In the Registry go to:
>\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
>
>3. Common Administrative Tools must have the value: C:\WINDOWS\All Users
>
>4. In the Registry go to:
>\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
>Folders
>
>5. Common Administrative Tools must have the value: %SYSTEMROOT%\All Users
>
>Hopefully, posting this will save the time and aggravation I went through with
anyone
>else who comes across the same error. Gotta admit though, I learned alot about
XP
>while researching the problem.
>
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