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All my files are greyed out / invisible

Mar 13, 2011 5:50AM PDT

Hiya,

All my files on the desktop are greyed out and also my C: drive. I'm not sure why that is.
(Windows Vista, Intel Processor, HP Compaq)
Thanks for your help.

Elizabeth

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Mar 14, 2011 8:23AM PDT

Is there a problem that this causes?

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Mar 15, 2011 5:25PM PDT

It doesn't cause a problem massively, except my desktop has greyed out icons and for my screensaver, the images don't load despite them being in the right folder.

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As a test.
Mar 16, 2011 12:36AM PDT

Take ownership of only those screensaver images. DO NOT change anything else but these files' ownership and read-only and hidden attributes. As VISTA TAKE OWNERSHIP finds many articles about this, I'll stop here.
Bob

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grayed out?
Mar 14, 2011 6:45PM PDT

Is it hidden?

Have you done any operation before that or did you use some tool that made the trouble?

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Mar 15, 2011 5:28PM PDT

They look like they've been made hidden. It sort of just happened after getting rid of spyware (not convinced the two are related). I'm wondering if something in HKEY has been changed but I don't know enough to go rooting around. In addition to that, my shortcut icons for Internet Connexion and Audio have disappeared.

Thanks