Double files on Desktop

[ascanio1]

Hi everyone, I thank in advance anyone who will offer me his time and expertise to try to solve my problem!

I have a very weird doubling of files & folders on my desktop.

It stared with an extra folder, named "DESKTOP", located on my desktop, and which contained exactly the same files & folders of my desktop. Also the physical free space on my HDD was reduced by that same amount. This anomaly started when I was fiddling with shared folders. I could not rename, delete or move this folder nor the files and folders in it. I use Win XP (SP3) and I run a virus free computer (checked again and again).

In another forum I was reccommended to use an "unlocker" software. I did. First I copied everything on a USB SSD and then, with this "unlocker", I managed to delete all my desktop files and folders, including the very weird one called "desktop".

However, when I copied my files back on my desktop they automatically doubled! Now, every file and every folder, which I create or save on my desktop, is immediately replicated with an identical copy. I still cannot delete these copies but I can move and rename them. However moving and renaming is automatically executed to the "twin" file/folder.

Please HELP!!!

Thanks you,

Tommaso

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

-What changes have you done to your OS?
-What programs have you recently installed and used?
-Scan your computer for viruses from the "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" using some good Antivirus software such as McAfee+McAfee Antispyware and BE SURE TO ADJUST ITS OPTIONS PROPERLY OTHERWISE THE SCANNING PROCESS WON'T FIND MANY VIRUSES!!!


Also the reason for this can be that some of the Windows files such as "desktop.ini" and MANY files from the WINDOWS folder are deleted by the virus or damaged by the virus or some other programs and because of that your OS got crazy and is doing somezing what it is supposed to do,but on the wrong way because the right DLL,EXE,SYS,registry files,INI...(and so on)... files are missing or are damaged and therefore you must do the REPAIR of your operating system using your OS CD or DVD-ROM disk.




Cheers!