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Old 09-15-1999, 11:51 PM   #5
PLMPLM
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Tito
Here are some things I found in my book "Windows Annoyances for 98" under the title "Windows Randomly Searches Floppy Drive".
1. Select Settings-Taskbar-Start Menu Programs and click "Clear".
2. Clear history of Run by using Tweakui-Choose Paranoia tab-Check "Clear Run History at logon" and then click "Clear Selected Items Now."
3. Search hard disk for all Dos and Windows shortcuts that point to a floppy drive. Find-Files or Folders, type *.1nk, *.pif in the Named field, type a: in the Containing text field and click find now.
4. Search hard disk for all files with the configuration file extension *.ini that contain the text a:.
5. Search your entire registry for a:
I had the same problem and did the above. Now, I only experience this when opening a directory in WP8. Don't know about that yet but the other is fixed. Sorry for the long post.

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