Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable...

[timosyy]

Starting just 30 or so minutes ago, whenver I try to open certain applications (some games, WinRAR, etc.), or access the Desktop folder under the windows explorer tree, I get the error

"C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on the hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected tot he Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location"

Thoughts? its really gotten quite bad.

 

[Pirotech]

Look at here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323681/EN-US/#appliesto

SYMPTOMS
If you create a folder that is named "Desktop" on the desktop, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms in the tree view in Windows Explorer:

? If you click the plus sign (+) on a node, the folders that are located under that node may not be displayed.
? The Desktop folder may be listed multiple times.
? Several other folders may appear with unintelligible or garbled characters as the folder names.
? You may receive an error message that is similar to the following error message:

"F:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\Desktop\Desktop" refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location".

NOTE: For more information about tree view, please view the "More Information" section of this article.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.