Hello everybody, 
  
   It's my first message on this forum , and the reason I am here is because I am 
looking for a solution on how to correct  a Windows XP error that shows up frequently. 

   The error sais : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory.
   
              And it shows up usually after I turn on my computer and open "My computer" 
or after the system was on "stand by" or "hybernating" and I open a folder (any folder). 
The error usually shows up once in a error box, doesn't have any details and after 
I press "OK" it doesn't come up untill the system is restarted or after the folder 
browser hasn't been used for a long time. 

     ScanDisk doesn't correct the problem.

     I would appreciate any help or suggestions on how to solve this issue without 
reinstalling the OS, which, apart from this minor annoying problem is working pretty 
fine.

     Thank you.

 

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re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 6:44 am Posted by Rami Taher Wahdan (474 messages posted) Dear All, did you try virus/malware/spyware scanning ? Best regards, Rami Wahdan. On Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 6:20 am, Chris wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > It's my first message on this forum , and the reason I am here is because I am >looking for a solution on how to correct a Windows XP error that shows up frequently. > > The error sais : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. > > And it shows up usually after I turn on my computer and open "My computer" >or after the system was on "stand by" or "hybernating" and I open a folder (any folder). >The error usually shows up once in a error box, doesn't have any details and after >I press "OK" it doesn't come up untill the system is restarted or after the folder >browser hasn't been used for a long time. > > ScanDisk doesn't correct the problem. > > I would appreciate any help or suggestions on how to solve this issue without >reinstalling the OS, which, apart from this minor annoying problem is working pretty >fine. > > Thank you. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 8:56 am Posted by Chris (4 messages posted) Yes, I have, and I don't think it's a virus. I think I've deleted a folder while is was still in use by DC++ or that was being used by another program and since than it created an error in the FAT or something, and it shows this message ever since. But I'm not 100% sure. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 12:19 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) I'm not sure how to go about finding the culprit, but scan disk won't sort out anything like this. There may be something listed in one of the startup locations, which points to a bad path. Something like a broken shortcut. Perhaps Merjin's StartupList application would be of help. Just unzip and run it. Look under the Registry Run keys section and see if you spot anything. If you don't quite understand, let us know. We don't always know how experienced users are, when we give advice/suggestions. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/ I'd also clear out Windows\temp folder. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 3:01 pm Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) I would search the registry for ID20060228033347703 and delete any entries that contain it. Make a registry backup first. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 2:48 am Posted by Chris (4 messages posted) I've cleaned the "Temp" folder in Windows and this is how the registry run keys look like : Registry 'Run' keys: [User Run] H/PC Connection Agent = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync\WCESCOMM.EXE" Yahoo! Pager = C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ypager.exe -quiet [System Run] AGRSMMSG = AGRSMMSG.exe BigDogPath = C:\WINDOWS\VM_STI.EXE USB PC Camera 301P EPM-DM = C:\Acer\ePM\EPM-DM.exe ePowerManagement = C:\Acer\ePM\ePM.exe boot HotKeysCmds = C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe IgfxTray = C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe IMJPMIG8.1 = "C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil /RemAdvDef /Migration32 iTunesHelper = "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe" LManager = C:\PROGRA~1\LAUNCH~1\LManager.exe MCAgentExe = c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe MCUpdateExe = C:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcupdate.exe NeroFilterCheck = C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe PHIME2002A = C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /IMEName PHIME2002ASync = C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME\TINTLGNT\TINTSETP.EXE /SYNC QuickTime Task = "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime RemoteControl = "C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe" SoundMan = SOUNDMAN.EXE VirusScan Online = "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe" VSOCheckTask = "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcmnhdlr.exe" /checktask [System RunOnceEx] @ = Everything seems to be ok. Other than that, in the registry I cannot find the ID 20060228033347703 or anything that would link to it. I simply don't know what this ID points to. I have the same feeling, that it's an invalid shortcut or folder that was deleted and is still in use by an application. I don't know where to look 4 the problem in the first place. Thanks for the advice anyhow, and if u have any other suggestions or ideas... feel free ! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Monday, April 10, 2006 at 11:02 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) I was under the impression you had an idea what you deleted before this error came up. I thought your startups may give you a clue, since it pops up on startup also. You mentioned deleting a folder while a program was in use. Windows won't let you delete anything that's in use, normally. Especially since you use a P2P program, it's possible you picked up something you don't want. I'd run an online virus scan, at least. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: IE error message : The Path 'ID20060228033347703' does not exist or is not a directory. Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 12:34 am Posted by Chris (4 messages posted) Thank you for the support ! I have fixed the problem. Good advice ! I have deleted the Registry entry ID20060228033347703 and I haven't had any problem since ! Thanks all ! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum