Can you go to C:Windows and see if you can see your System32 folder please

 

its hidden by default gra

 

Nope, but I can see it in my WINNT folder (XP Pro....)

 

 

but showing all folders etc should allow you to see it should it not?

 

If it really wasn't there, XP wouldn't work at all.

 

system32 directory is not hidden by default mate, so you should see it when entering your windows directory, yes. HTH.

 

the whole contents of c:\windows is hidden by default using explorer (same as c:\program files). theres a button to click in the right hand pane to enable viewing

 

don't confuse things Gra : the content does not show until you click on the button stated above, but the directory attribute is not hidden. so basically if you can see the rest of your windows directory (ie cursors, fonts etc) you should also see the directory system32

 

agreed this time round

 

cheers, the folder is ther as i can get to it via the run menu, but i cannot see this one folder, plus my regedit is up the spout, i can only access this going to the windows folder etc etc, and not using the run command if that makes sense, lots of strange things going wrong, plus cannot system resotr either, so a format is needed me thinks

 

gra, try runnin the recovery thingie on the windows CD (as if youre re-installing) i did it on a PC the other week and it fixed it 1st time

worth a try if you cant be arsed to re-install

 

oh and bill, the Xp pro default install dir is also c:\windows

 

Go here It's the most helpful forum on the net for PC problems

 

i can see it and it is in c:\windows

so bil - looks like its for you all courtesy of mr G .

 

bill's is an upgrade

 

cheers peeps, formatted the mofo last night, and everythings now sorted.

I dunno what i had infecting the pc, but regedit would start a CMD prompt etc, i was using Adaware pro, and spysweeper plus norton etc and regardless of what it found on reboot i would be infected again and again, spysweeper was finding 50+ after every reboot

 

cheers for the link red

 

Bill has got his winxp installed in WINNT directory because he upgraded from Windows 2000
When installing Windows XP from scratch, whether it's home or pro, it's always in WINDOWS directory.