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Thanks for answering, but.....
Your reply was unhelpful and rude.
I have not been lazy; I have been working on this for days.
I fixed the problem by googling the statement "System32 folder is missing".
There were many hits with the answer, which consisted of typing:
attrib -a -h -r -s c:\windows\system32 into command/prompt.
Apparantly, many others have this same problem.


> jeffrapp wrote:
> > I have been unsuccessfully trying to download an electronic
> > periodical which requires registration. In the process of trying ti
> > diagnose the problem, I found that my System32 folder (which contains
> > the file where the registration would be placed) does not appear in
> > Windows Explorer or My Computer. Something is apparantly blocking me
> > from seeing it. I have adjusted all the view settings to allow me to
> > see it, but it still does not appear (although I know, of course,
> > that it exists).
> > Any suggestions?
> > Thanks
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> If you exhausted "all the view settings" to allow you to see it, then what's
> left to help you with? Nothing works; you claim to have proven that, so ...
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> First off, are you looking in the right place?
> C:\WINDOWS\system32?
> Have you set Folder Options to show all hidden files and to show system
> files?
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> I assume you did although you were too lazy to say so. Thus, with no other
> info to work from, I have no further ideas; you've already tried everything
> anyway.
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