Hi A&C Thompson!   At 02:27 PM 6/8/01 -0700 you wrote:
 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Stanislav Rabinovich" <[log in to unmask]>
 >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows 98 Shut Down Problem
 >
 >
 >> Hi A&C Thompson!   At 11:53 AM 6/7/01 -0700 you wrote:
 >>
 >>  >Try cutting and pasting PSTORES.exe from \windows\system to your desktop.
 >>  >Then see if scandisk will
 >>  >run without interruption. Do not forget to return PSTORES.exe to
 >>  >windows\system afterwards!! hth
 >>  >
 >>  >Alan Thompson
 >>  >----------
 >>
 >> Desktop is a part of hard drive, too. It is a folder.
 >> What the purpose is doing such a replacement ?
 >> --
 >> Stanislav Rabinovich
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 >
 >My best guess is that pstores.exe writes to the hard drive while running
 >scandisk. By removing it
 >to the desktop, the registry no longer knows where it is, and therefore, it
 >does not run. It would
 >be similar to removing a program exe, and then expecting any shortcuts to
 >the program to open it -
 >which they won't.
 >
 >Alan Thompson

Alan, your idea is cute.
Unfortunately, registry understand "c:\Windows\Desktop" too.
You can check it making the search for this entry.


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Stanislav Rabinovich

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