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3/30/2016

Troubleshooter of Error: A Strange Link between a Program and Its Copy+Search Oddity

A Strange Link between a Program and Its Copy+Search Oddity

Last night I copied a computer program from folder A to folder B.
It inspects the contents of files in a folder.
When I ran it in B, it gave the results for A! Out of frustration I changed the name in A, and fired up the program in B.
Win7 went into search
mode for the file.
I looked at properties for the B program, and it was clearly pointing to folder A.

Anyone have this happen to them?

Another anomaly.
I have the files track.py and trackstudy.py in the same folder along with 100 or so other py and txt data files.
When I did a search from the folder window in the upper right corner, search only found one of the two.
I called HP tech support
about it, and they could see it for themselves via remote control.
They had no idea, but agreed to contact MS.
In this case, I noted that this search box has some sort of filter associated with it.
Possibly, in my early stages of learning to navigate in Win7,
I accidentally set the filter.

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I pursued this problem on a Python language forum, and personally came to the conclusion that Win7 created a shortcut for the copied file instead of just producing a complete copy in the new folder.
It seems near impossible for me to have done it.
When
a shortcut is made in W7, it adds -shortcut after the suffix.
I do not recall seeing that happen.
I think I would have noticed it.
One participant mentioned that he thought he had heard of this happening.

Fortunately, I can work around this difficulty and continue.

I have had Alert me on since the first post and have never seen a message sent to my usual e-mail.

Manually editing the Windows registry

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To manually repair your Windows registry, first you need to create a backup by exporting a portion of the registry related to MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION (eg. Windows Operating System):

Click the Start button.
Type "command" in the search box... DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
Click Yes.
A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
Type "regedit" and hit ENTER.
In the Registry Editor, select the Error 0x9C-related key (eg. Windows Operating System) you want to back up.
From the File menu, choose Export.
In the Save In list, select the folder where you want to save the Windows Operating System backup key.
In the File Name box, type a name for your backup file, such as "Windows Operating System Backup".
In the Export Range box, be sure that "Selected branch" is selected.
Click Save.
The file is then saved with a .reg file extension.
You now have a backup of your MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION-related registry entry.

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3/30/2016