In search of enlightenment, any takers?

[ArchAngel469]

Hey guys (and gals), new to this forum and looking for some help. To make a long story short I tried tweaking some registry files on my TP and accidently renamed the documents and settings folder which inevitably led to a slew of problems... (essentially my phone reinstalled itself when I turned it off from the power switch, which lead to some duplicate icons on the all programs screen)

in opening up the documents and settings there is only one folder nothing else, just the folder default. opening that up there is nothing in there either... The documents and settings folder i renamed is still there too, and thats also the same thing, documents and settings empty all but the default folder, open that up and thats also empty.

What could have prompted my phone to reinstall itself like that if the folders were essentially empty? And what harm could have been done as a result to the device?

Happy holidays!

[OR78]

Originally Posted by ArchAngel469

Hey guys (and gals), new to this forum and looking for some help. To make a long story short I tried tweaking some registry files on my TP and accidently renamed the documents and settings folder which inevitably led to a slew of problems... (essentially my phone reinstalled itself when I turned it off from the power switch, which lead to some duplicate icons on the all programs screen)

in opening up the documents and settings there is only one folder nothing else, just the folder default. opening that up there is nothing in there either... The documents and settings folder i renamed is still there too, and thats also the same thing, documents and settings empty all but the default folder, open that up and thats also empty.

What could have prompted my phone to reinstall itself like that if the folders were essentially empty? And what harm could have been done as a result to the device?

Happy holidays!

Without knowing what exactly you did to the registry it is hard to say. If you did not back up your phone prior to any changes then you might be SOL and have to resort to a hard reset. I would try to PM a senior member and ask them if they can help you. But if you want a fresh start then do the HR.

[ou2mame]

well, the phone was probably like "hey, i need that", and since you renamed it, it was like "yeah, that's not there anymore, so i'll make another", so it made another.. and now you have two. you could delete the one, and rename the other back to the way it was? what harm could be done? i dunno, but there's files in there, they're just hidden.

[OR78]

Originally Posted by ou2mame

well, the phone was probably like "hey, i need that", and since you renamed it, it was like "yeah, that's not there anymore, so i'll make another", so it made another.. and now you have two. you could delete the one, and rename the other back to the way it was? what harm could be done? i dunno, but there's files in there, they're just hidden.

LOL...now there's a way to describe how a computer talks. Too funny. I'm feelin what you're throwin down though. But without knowing the changes that were made it may make the problem worse.

[ArchAngel469]

First of all thanks for the replies!

I didn't make any changes to the registry at all, after I renamed the folder and forgot what it was originally, I panicked and powered it off.

Im thinking thats what happened though that the device didnt find the folder upon start up (hence maybe why it took soo long to start up at first) then I suppose it was a really important folder, so it resorted to reinstalling itself (I had to set up the device again as if i had opened it from the box) What dont understand is why I had (because i removed the others) two working duplicates of opera, WMP, and internet explorer. ::shrug::

[ryangruhn]

How do you remove duplicate programs in "All Programs"? I also have this problem.