…suddenly my pooter is completely stuffed. When I try to open anything in my libraries I’m told it’s “no longer working”. E.g., opening Documents I’m told: “Documents.library-ms” is no longer working.” WTF has happened & how do I fix it?

You’ve tried turning it off and on again?

Twice.

Bubblecar said:

Twice.

Well I’m out of ideas.

Hmm, could just be minor glitch. Found this online and it had better work…..

>Oddly enough, it seems to fix this problem you need to delete the misbehaving library first. Deleting a library does not delete the content of the folder. To fix this problem, open Windows Explorer, right-click on the corresponding library and choose Delete. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.

Then, in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, right-click on Libraries and click Restore default libraries. This recreates the library that you just deleted. This option will only restore the default libraries that came with Windows 7.<

Have you tried giving it a stern talking too and a quick, sharp slap.

I find that always helps.

Then again, I’ve been highly trained in these sorts of things, and I’m not sure that amateurs should be attempting them.

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, could just be minor glitch. Found this online and it had better work…..

>Oddly enough, it seems to fix this problem you need to delete the misbehaving library first. Deleting a library does not delete the content of the folder. To fix this problem, open Windows Explorer, right-click on the corresponding library and choose Delete. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.

Then, in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, right-click on Libraries and click Restore default libraries. This recreates the library that you just deleted. This option will only restore the default libraries that came with Windows 7.<

…although this is Windows 8

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, could just be minor glitch. Found this online and it had better work…..

>Oddly enough, it seems to fix this problem you need to delete the misbehaving library first. Deleting a library does not delete the content of the folder. To fix this problem, open Windows Explorer, right-click on the corresponding library and choose Delete. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.

Then, in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, right-click on Libraries and click Restore default libraries. This recreates the library that you just deleted. This option will only restore the default libraries that came with Windows 7.<

…although this is Windows 8

Well there’s your problem right there.

Phew, it worked….

And now a warning to Bill Gates and he’d better listen up, I ain’t sayin’ it twice:

DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN

Something you installed today perhaps?

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

Hmm, could just be minor glitch. Found this online and it had better work…..

>Oddly enough, it seems to fix this problem you need to delete the misbehaving library first. Deleting a library does not delete the content of the folder. To fix this problem, open Windows Explorer, right-click on the corresponding library and choose Delete. Click Yes when asked for confirmation.

Then, in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer, right-click on Libraries and click Restore default libraries. This recreates the library that you just deleted. This option will only restore the default libraries that came with Windows 7.<

…although this is Windows 8

Have you tried turning it off, then removing all cables, then reconnecting them. Helped with some of my problems.

Problem solvered crew, you can stand down.

>Have you tried turning it off, then removing all cables, then reconnecting them. Helped with some of my problems

still giving self-ect, permeate

bit of a panic there for a moment, car, I had to take a valium.

transition said:

>Have you tried turning it off, then removing all cables, then reconnecting them. Helped with some of my problems

still giving self-ect, permeate

bit of a panic there for a moment, car, I had to take a valium.

I’m pouring a stiff drink. I’d offer you one too but you shouldn’t drink on the valium.

Bit like the good old days of gaming when everything you installed was a PITA, allocating memory, making loading disks, wondering where all the sound has suddenly gone. Suddenly your mornings purchase and hoping to be happily gaming by lunch sometimes meant into the evening copying drivers.

I had been wondering why everyone was complaining about 8 until today. Admittedly I haven’t explored too far. But the thing started glitching while I was writing a letter. It would stop. Seemed to be trying to do something. Then it would be fine again. Tried the turn off, turn on thing. Tried turn off, go see a patient, come back, turn on. Still faffing around. For some reason I decided to just try restart instead of turn off. That settled it down. I haven’t set a background picture on my desktop, so it cycles through three of theirs. I think it was trying to change the picture and getting stuck.

I have no idea why a Restart worked when a turn off, turn on didn’t.

i wonder if you can do a system restore to an earlier date?

Skunkworks said:

Bit like the good old days of gaming when everything you installed was a PITA, allocating memory, making loading disks, wondering where all the sound has suddenly gone. Suddenly your mornings purchase and hoping to be happily gaming by lunch sometimes meant into the evening copying drivers.

I’m about to install Thief now (installed Cubase Artist 7 earlier, but haven’t fully activated it yet – I’ll attend to that tomorrow.)

Thief came with 3 DVDs plus stuff to be downloaded from Steam….

Skunkworks said:

Bit like the good old days of gaming when everything you installed was a PITA, allocating memory, making loading disks, wondering where all the sound has suddenly gone. Suddenly your mornings purchase and hoping to be happily gaming by lunch sometimes meant into the evening copying drivers.

What a terrible paragraph. Lose a suddenly and copying drivers into the evening and other awkward constructions.

transition said:

>Have you tried turning it off, then removing all cables, then reconnecting them. Helped with some of my problems

still giving self-ect, permeate

bit of a panic there for a moment, car, I had to take a valium.

Not sure what that means. Should I be annoyed?

there should be some kind of trouble shooting guide you can use loaded onto the computer

there should be some kind of trouble shooting guide you can use loaded onto the computer

>Not sure what that means. Should I be annoyed?

just fleeting comic imaginings of you giving self electroconvulsive therapy, don’t mind me, attempted humour on my part.

that was weird

just as I was about click submit I saw the post I was about to submit already submitted (i had clicked before)

ie the text box was still up but the post was already submitted

>ie the text box was still up but the post was already submitted

Happens all the time here, guessing acknowledgement back wasn’t hurried.

transition said:

>Not sure what that means. Should I be annoyed?

just fleeting comic imaginings of you giving self electroconvulsive therapy, don’t mind me, attempted humour on my part.

Must admit electricity is not my thing, unplugging things is largely the extent of my knowledge, which surprisingly sometimes works. However I have progressed mechanically and no longer kick car tyres to judge their condition.

I’d have to say, can this possibly have anything to do with take-out food.

Bubblecar, I’d be checking the integrity of the hard drive if it were my PC. Run a full scandisk and check for bad sectors overnight.

I’d be backing up important stuff now; before the scandisk.

Cheers,

What a strange Library?

one that needs to be deleted