file name warning

Question

Hi still new to PC's just started my laptop as normal today and greeted with a message (file/folder on your computer called 'C:\PROGRAM' could cause certain apps to not function correctly renaming it to 'C:\PROGRAM1' would solve this). Can anyone give me some advice on what to do and why it has suddenly popped up. Many thanks to any of you helpers out there.

volcano11 · Answer

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Steve

Delierious · Answer

I'm wondering if the warning comes from the possibility that C:\Program could be confused with C:\Program Files, as in the 8.3 system of file naming, C:\Program Files comes out as C:\Progra~1? I suppose I should ask, did *you* create a folder called C:\Program or has something else created it?

swiddzon · Answer

Hi , in short no i didn't create any folder but i did install windows defender the day before last time the computer was on. When i used the computer without renaming the file like it sugested it did actually make a few things go funny such as the norton icon down in the tray was gone and so was the touch pad icon also the actual touchpad scroll bars didn't work on any pages i had open, so restarted and the message was still there and i accepted it to rename the file for me rebooted and everything now seems as normal (and i aint got a clue why). Since then i ran norton full system scan/ adware full scan/also ran ccleaner just in case and found only minor things or non critical stuff so it says,, many thanks all..

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