I have fought with this problem for weeks, posed it here in a slightly different format earlier and failed to find a solution. It is making life miserable for me as you will see.
I have a relatively new build computer -- couple of months old -- with Windows XP with SP3 installed on the C drive. I have a second drive, D, named Archive on which I primarily store software in a folder named "Software archive". Neither drive is more than 10% full. Both are defraged and scanned for malware by both ESET System Security and by Malwarebytes Antimalware. There is also a Photo archive folder etc. Only four folders in total are on the D drive. A typical entry in the Software archive would be a folder named WordWeb Pro 5.52 which contains the installation software and my license for that software.
Now for the problem. Lets say I download an updated version of the Wordweb software which will typically have the same name as the file already in the folder. The natural thing to do is to drag the new file to the folder and click on move (or copy for that matter) to the folder. Since there is already a file with the same name there, Windows will popup a box asking if I wish to replace the existing file. If I click on yes, the transfer starts and after a bit stops -- transferring that is. The animated graphic continues showing a packet being tossed from one side to the other, but the progress bar never advances and the computer is frozen. I can't get to the task manager with Cntrl/Alt/Del and if I move the mouse cursor into the tool bar at the bottom, it ceases to be the normal arrow cursor and is simply a thin vertical bar. I can only regain control of the computer by doing a hard power down and reboot. This behavior is true for all folders in the master Software archive folder. If on the other hand I first drag the file that is to be replaced to the recycle bin I can then move (or copy) the new file to the folder. Any attempt to replace or alter a file in a folder freezes the computer. To continue to use the example of Wordweb, if a new version became available with the same name as the one I had archived, I could only store the new one by first dragging the old one to the recycle bin etc.
I have been using the work around described here -- or creating an entirely new folder (with a different name of course) in the Software archive and then deleting the old folder. You can see why I say this is making life miserable. I have other machines I use in a similiar way and none of them exhibit this behavior.
Any one have any ideas or suggestions?
I have a relatively new build computer -- couple of months old -- with Windows XP with SP3 installed on the C drive. I have a second drive, D, named Archive on which I primarily store software in a folder named "Software archive". Neither drive is more than 10% full. Both are defraged and scanned for malware by both ESET System Security and by Malwarebytes Antimalware. There is also a Photo archive folder etc. Only four folders in total are on the D drive. A typical entry in the Software archive would be a folder named WordWeb Pro 5.52 which contains the installation software and my license for that software.
Now for the problem. Lets say I download an updated version of the Wordweb software which will typically have the same name as the file already in the folder. The natural thing to do is to drag the new file to the folder and click on move (or copy for that matter) to the folder. Since there is already a file with the same name there, Windows will popup a box asking if I wish to replace the existing file. If I click on yes, the transfer starts and after a bit stops -- transferring that is. The animated graphic continues showing a packet being tossed from one side to the other, but the progress bar never advances and the computer is frozen. I can't get to the task manager with Cntrl/Alt/Del and if I move the mouse cursor into the tool bar at the bottom, it ceases to be the normal arrow cursor and is simply a thin vertical bar. I can only regain control of the computer by doing a hard power down and reboot. This behavior is true for all folders in the master Software archive folder. If on the other hand I first drag the file that is to be replaced to the recycle bin I can then move (or copy) the new file to the folder. Any attempt to replace or alter a file in a folder freezes the computer. To continue to use the example of Wordweb, if a new version became available with the same name as the one I had archived, I could only store the new one by first dragging the old one to the recycle bin etc.
I have been using the work around described here -- or creating an entirely new folder (with a different name of course) in the Software archive and then deleting the old folder. You can see why I say this is making life miserable. I have other machines I use in a similiar way and none of them exhibit this behavior.
Any one have any ideas or suggestions?
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