C Program which could cause certain applications to not function correctly.

It's been awhile since I have posted, and I really miss talking to you guys
But this is a new one on me.

On our HP laptop running Win10, we are getting this message at startup. This started this week. No programs have been newly installed.

"C: Program which could cause certain applications to not function correctly. Renaming it to "C: Program1" would solve this problem."

NO idea which program this is referring to.
And another odd things, when I go to the C: drive, and Program FIles, and double click, I get a menu with which app I want to open the files with?!?!?! WTF???
On my desktop, and on any computer I have had, a double click just opens the folder.

Any clues, please?
And thanks in advance.


We are running Webroot. Do malwarebytes and CCleaner scans daily.

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

community.webroot.com...

If you encounter this issue, simply shutdown WRSA from the tray icon, rename "program" to "program.exe" and uninstall using a modified uninstall command since the file is in a different location with a different name: "c:program.exe" -uninstall

Reinstall using the latest build which can be obtained via your online Webroot console.

This is an issue that does not happen very often and was only seen in a couple older builds. Support continues to monitor this as well.

Thank you, and please let us know if the issue persists,

a reply to: JAGStorm
Thanks, but I'm not sure it is a WR problem at this point.

From what I have read, it may or may not be related to webroot. Other people reported other apps, such as VOiP.
How does one know WHICH program it is......

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

Are you able to see a folder or file on your computer that is just called "C: Program"?

a reply to: tamusan

Well, right now we cannot open Program Files, when you double click on that file in the C: drive, it opens awindow to ask which app to use.
I have no clue what the correct answer is. I do know that it's not a guessing game, concerned to pick the wrong thing..

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

I found this one for windows 7 and think that it should carry over to windows 10. The posts to look for are from "karlsnooks". The real help starts on page 4.

I get a file name warning for some folder called "C:Program" ?

a reply to: tamusan

Well, that was confusing to me, and most of that is above my level of comfort.....and I still don't know if there is a program called program of what is going on.

Run Malwarebytes in Safe Mode .
Then boot to normal mode .
Admin command prompt :
Chkdsk c: /f
No to force a dismount , yes to check disk on restart

sfc /scannow

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

If all fails :
Download and run :
tweaking.com 's windows repair all in one .

Perhaps look at this :
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

Sounds like you either have a virus or malware , or a corrupt Windows .

I cannot say what will happen , but that is the best I have .

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

I apologize that it was not any help. 

Following the instructions in the second post on page 4, it would show if there is a file called "C: program" on your computer. Later posts have the instructions to remove it. 

I'd try to explain it better, but I think that I would just end up making it more confusing. 

Actually , try this first :
Windows 10 Clean Boot
If no message , it is a program causing the problem

What you have is a program that set up a temp directory called "Program"
Do you have valid folders named "Program Files" and "Program Files (X86)" ?
If the above is true , and you have another folder named "Program" then it would be safe to delete .
If no "Program" folder is in the root of C: , then something added an environment path to a folder named "Program" which does not exist .

Google "Windows 10 environment variables" .
Learn how yo remove that path from the environment variables .

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

CROGRA~1 ( c colon backslash progra tilde 1) is what we used to call an 8.3 or SFN back in the day. While your problem is not perfectly clear to me I can guarantee you should not rename your program files directory. Most likely your PATH environment variable has a problem, and an app is bitching about it.

originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

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ROGRA~1 ( c colon backslash progra tilde 1) is what we used to call an 8.3 or SFN back in the day. While your problem is not perfectly clear to me I can guarantee you should not rename your program files directory. Most likely your PATH environment variable has a problem, and an app is bitching about it.

Windows 10 is not limited to 8 bit naming .
There is no tilde .

a reply to: Gothmog
Any idea why I cannot open the folder "program files" in C:??
Why i would be offered a choice how to open?


Also, the lappy might be 32 and net 64 bit.
I'll check tomorrow.

I was able to reproduce the issue by creating a folder at the root of drive c: and naming it program.

It has nothing to do with program files.

Screenshot of issue
imgur.com...

Using explorer open "c: program" if it has any other words or numbers you are messing with the wrong file.

When you find the program that created it, I would recommend getting rid of it entirely as that's a pretty big mistake.

a reply to: Gothmog

He runs ccleaner and malwarebytes religiously.
We do have bad sectors, and it takes forever to do updates....hours.

Can fil..... How o files get corrupted???

a reply to: tamusan
No apologies needed.
I appreciate that you tried to help me!!!

Looks like we cross posted, I'm putting this here because I think my post above might help.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: Gothmog
Any idea why I cannot open the folder "program files" in C:??
Why i would be offered a choice how to open?


Also, the lappy might be 32 and net 64 bit.
I'll check tomorrow.

Links messed up .
Or something changed the basic open with (which is near impossible for folders)

As I stated before , sounds like a massive virus or Windows is terribly corrupted .
It may come down to the tweaking.com Windows Repair All in One .

Windows Repair AIO .
Basically start the program , hands off, and ready the sacrificial chicken .
The above is a last resort .
Period. (although , that is my go to when I am all out of ideas .)


I will say I have seen program installations/upgrades that added environment variables under the Path to finish install after a boot .
If they remove the directory but not the path string , your system would look for thatb path for eternity . (or mess it up)


ADDON : It could be a one time run MRU in the registry as well .
After the system was rebooted , and the job finished , the program did not delete the MRU entry in the registry .

I know , too many if's .
There is a lot to Windows .

If the "How do you want to open this file" has the text "do you want to keep using this app" like this

imgur.com...

It's because of a program was installed that can also open the file type. Hence the "new" under one of my options.

Your answer , I believe :

How to Fix File Explorer Won't Open in Windows 10 or Windows 11