I have administrator privileges on my pc, and other users are set up with
limited accounts. However, if they want to create a new folder (on desktop
for example) this can be done, but cannot be renamed or deleted once created
(they therefore end up with an abundance of folders named NewFolder1, 2,etc).
Changing the account to administrator makes no difference, and in any case,
they should surely be able to do this with limited privileges? the error code
I get is;

"file system error (-65537) cannot create or replace folder"

what is wrong and can it be fixed? couldn't find any reference for that
error code on microsoft site.

thanks

"david the human pc fan" <david the human pc fan@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:251D56D6-D7BF-458F-A513-FE6034A66107@microsoft.com...
> I have administrator privileges on my pc, and other users are set up with
> limited accounts. However, if they want to create a new folder (on desktop
> for example) this can be done, but cannot be renamed or deleted once
created
> (they therefore end up with an abundance of folders named NewFolder1,
2,etc).
> Changing the account to administrator makes no difference, and in any
case,
> they should surely be able to do this with limited privileges? the error
code
> I get is;
>
> "file system error (-65537) cannot create or replace folder"
>
> what is wrong and can it be fixed? couldn't find any reference for that
> error code on microsoft site.
>
> thanks

You might have a file system error. Run chkdsk /f from a Command Prompt.

"david the human pc fan" <david the human pc fan@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:251D56D6-D7BF-458F-A513-FE6034A66107@microsoft.com...
> I have administrator privileges on my pc, and other users are set up with
> limited accounts. However, if they want to create a new folder (on desktop
> for example) this can be done, but cannot be renamed or deleted once
created
> (they therefore end up with an abundance of folders named NewFolder1,
2,etc).
> Changing the account to administrator makes no difference, and in any
case,
> they should surely be able to do this with limited privileges? the error
code
> I get is;
>
> "file system error (-65537) cannot create or replace folder"
>
> what is wrong and can it be fixed? couldn't find any reference for that
> error code on microsoft site.
>
> thanks

As an afterthought: If this is a serious file system error then chkdsk
might make some folders inaccessible. Best to back up all your
important files beforehand (but then I'm sure you're backing up
all your important files regularly).

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "david the human pc fan" <david the human pc fan@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:251D56D6-D7BF-458F-A513-FE6034A66107@microsoft.com...
> > I have administrator privileges on my pc, and other users are set up with
> > limited accounts. However, if they want to create a new folder (on desktop
> > for example) this can be done, but cannot be renamed or deleted once
> created
> > (they therefore end up with an abundance of folders named NewFolder1,
> 2,etc).
> > Changing the account to administrator makes no difference, and in any
> case,
> > they should surely be able to do this with limited privileges? the error
> code
> > I get is;
> >
> > "file system error (-65537) cannot create or replace folder"
> >
> > what is wrong and can it be fixed? couldn't find any reference for that
> > error code on microsoft site.
> >
> > thanks
>
> As an afterthought: If this is a serious file system error then chkdsk
> might make some folders inaccessible. Best to back up all your
> important files beforehand (but then I'm sure you're backing up
> all your important files regularly).
>
> thankyou Pegasus, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I will try what you suggested (after backing up), although, I suspect that computers hate me and doubt I will find a successful resolution. Whether this attitude is the result or cause of my problems i cannot tell, but thanks.
>

"david the human pc fan" wrote:

>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "david the human pc fan" <david the human pc fan@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote in message news:251D56D6-D7BF-458F-A513-FE6034A66107@microsoft.com...
> > > I have administrator privileges on my pc, and other users are set up with
> > > limited accounts. However, if they want to create a new folder (on desktop
> > > for example) this can be done, but cannot be renamed or deleted once
> > created
> > > (they therefore end up with an abundance of folders named NewFolder1,
> > 2,etc).
> > > Changing the account to administrator makes no difference, and in any
> > case,
> > > they should surely be able to do this with limited privileges? the error
> > code
> > > I get is;
> > >
> > > "file system error (-65537) cannot create or replace folder"
> > >
> > > what is wrong and can it be fixed? couldn't find any reference for that
> > > error code on microsoft site.
> > >
> > > thanks
> >
> > As an afterthought: If this is a serious file system error then chkdsk
> > might make some folders inaccessible. Best to back up all your
> > important files beforehand (but then I'm sure you're backing up
> > all your important files regularly).
> >
> > thankyou Pegasus, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I will try what you suggested (after backing up), although, I suspect that computers hate me and doubt I will find a successful resolution. Whether this attitude is the result or cause of my problems i cannot tell, but thanks.
> >

FYI it worked! seems to have fixed problem perfectly! I ran chkdsk /c and
everything now works fine. thanks again.

"david the human pc fan" <davidthehumanpcfan@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:C12C7DA5-C62E-46FB-A026-B27A4E81F7F2@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "david the human pc fan" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "david the human pc fan" <david the human pc
fan@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > > wrote in message
news:251D56D6-D7BF-458F-A513-FE6034A66107@microsoft.com...
> > > > I have administrator privileges on my pc, and other users are set up
with
> > > > limited accounts. However, if they want to create a new folder (on
desktop
> > > > for example) this can be done, but cannot be renamed or deleted once
> > > created
> > > > (they therefore end up with an abundance of folders named
NewFolder1,
> > > 2,etc).
> > > > Changing the account to administrator makes no difference, and in
any
> > > case,
> > > > they should surely be able to do this with limited privileges? the
error
> > > code
> > > > I get is;
> > > >
> > > > "file system error (-65537) cannot create or replace folder"
> > > >
> > > > what is wrong and can it be fixed? couldn't find any reference for
that
> > > > error code on microsoft site.
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > >
> > > As an afterthought: If this is a serious file system error then chkdsk
> > > might make some folders inaccessible. Best to back up all your
> > > important files beforehand (but then I'm sure you're backing up
> > > all your important files regularly).
> > >
> > > thankyou Pegasus, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I will
try what you suggested (after backing up), although, I suspect that
computers hate me and doubt I will find a successful resolution. Whether
this attitude is the result or cause of my problems i cannot tell, but
thanks.
> > >
>
> FYI it worked! seems to have fixed problem perfectly! I ran chkdsk /c and
> everything now works fine. thanks again.

Thanks for the feedback.