- Click Start > Run, type
regedit
, and click OK. - Look for these registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerPendingFileRenameOperations
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerFileRenameOperations
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001ControlSession ManagerPendingFileRenameOperations
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001ControlSession ManagerFileRenameOperations
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet002ControlSession ManagerFileRenameOperations
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet002ControlSession ManagerPendingFileRenameOperations - If there is a string in any of these keys, delete the string.