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"Windows Explorer stopped working" whenever trying to move a file
Hi All,
Let me get right to the point...
Background:
I just changed my hard disk because my old one's integrity is at 2% to a point where I couldn't even load Windows. So, I reinstalled everything: Win 7 Ultimate x32 and all other third-party software that I use. All the installation process worked smoothly... no error or warning of any kind. I always have 2 users set up on my computer: one is the (system's predefined) Administrator; and another is a user with near-admin privileges (a power user) that I use for daily operations and it has almost all access to my data partition drive (I set up the security permission for this user on the data drive).
Problem:
The problem started after I created the second user and set up the security permission for this user. I can read, write, modify, even delete a file on the data partition, but I cannot move that same file to another folder still within the data partition to which this user has access. The error was always: "Windows Explorer stopped working" and it had to refresh/restart.
Solutions tried (based on my browsing similar "Windows Explorer stopped working" problems in this forum):
- First, I tried giving the user group(s) (the groups that this user belong to: Users, Power Users, etc.) the permissions that I wanted -- same problem.
- Second, I tried giving the actual user, instead of just the user group, the permissions that I wanted -- same problem.
- I tried giving the user full control/permission -- problem remained.
- I tried changing this user's account type to administrator, so that it has the same admin privileges as the system's Administrator -- didn't work, also.
- I ran sfc /scannow -- no error found.
- I tried the repair install that you have posted in the tutorial thread -- unable to continue because my OS version is already the latest version (I had gone through the Windows Update process for days after I installed the OS).
So, now I'm frustrated. I deleted the second user, and now I just have Administrator. I'm quite knowledgeable with setting up security permissions. And I never had this problem before, be it with my old hard disk or even my old computers. I guess it's okay to operate my computer using only Administrator, but I just don't feel "safe." Even though I'm protected, I don't want to someday accidentally installed something unsafe using an admin user.
Any help you can give me is appreciated. Thanks!