NO DESKTOP - Path too long?

[RAELINHO]

Hi,

We had two machines this week (95osr2) with this problem:
When w95 starts, a dialog appears and says:

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Desktop
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<X> Unable to find this folder
Path too long
|OK|
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or something close to that (it´s in portuguese)

then it simply stays there.

Any help?

PS: Anybody knows how to automate w95osr2 setup? (Like that ms batch generator for the 98...)

Thanx

[MacGyver]

How long is the path to the desktop folder on your computer? I seem to remember the maximum length allowed is 63 characters or something like that.

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If it ain't broke, and you try to fix it anyway, then it WILL need fixing!

[Marky man]

Just rename the path. I don't know any Portugese, but its probably just too long. Make sure you rename the folders as well.

[RAELINHO]

just c:\windows\desktop\

i´ve deleted ALL from it, just leavin the folder and nothing happens...

[iateyourcat]

i just saw this a couple weeks ago. i cant' remember exactly what it was but make sure you have a working pagefile and make sure your path statement includes c:\windows, c:\windows\system.

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[RAELINHO]

i worked it out!!!

just deleted c:\windows\desktop.ini

don´t know how/why it appeared but having to get rid of it was the solution...

LEO