Dialog box appears with ! sign in a yellow triangle appears while accessing Windows Explorer

Anonymous
2014-04-16T19:47:00+00:00

Original Title: explorer.exe file creating problem......     

i bought an hp laptop with genuine windows 8.....

earlier it operated nycly bt nw its encountering a problem. when i switch on my lapy the home screens comes in front of me bt without doing anything suddenly desktop opens & a dialog box appear with ! sign in a yellow triangle & written explorer.exe. m facing this problem for more thn a month & my laptop z also slowed down. i have thoroughly scanned my pc with avast internet security & windows defender bt no result came out except 3 viruses which i deleted on the spot.

if any person can help me out in getting rid of this problem i will b very thankful to him/her.

thank you.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-28T12:32:20+00:00

    no sir i didn't found it....

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-29T17:51:02+00:00

    sir i hv searched it bt didn't find it (my old user name ashish g)

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-01T12:25:24+00:00

    yaqub sir plz assist me what to do now?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-01T14:28:32+00:00

    Hi Ashish,

    Please check if the folder (Old user name ) is hidden. Make sure you unhide it. Follow the steps to do so:

    a) Press Window key + X and select Windows Explorer.

    b) Click on View tab and Click on Options at the top right corner.

    c) Click the View tab, and then click Show hidden files, folders, and drives.

    d) Uncheck the box which states **Hide protected operating system files.**e) Click Yes to confirm, and then click OK.

    Please reply us on the status of the issue to assist you further.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-02T16:02:29+00:00

    sir m not getting my old username evn after unhiding the hidden folders......

    but sir i got a hidden folder named default.....

    can it b my old username folder?

    m attaching pics of it & its contents

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