"Could not find this item" every time when renaming, moving, copying! win 7 explorer issue

Solution 1:

At this answers.microsoft.com site a user managed to fix the issue by exporting two registry keys from a working installation into his current registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\FolderDescriptions

The contents of his registry file (yours may differ) are 239 kB, so I can't post them here as an answer. If you have a SkyDrive login you can download that file from here.

Solution 2:

Another method that has worked for me successfully is to delete these registry entries (which unfortunately keep getting added back by some Windows Updates):

1. Open regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\
3. Under it, delete the following folders (the folder itself):
   • {2112AB0A-C86A-4ffe-A368-0DE96E47012E}
   • {491E922F-5643-4af4-A7EB-4E7A138D8174}
   • {7b0db17d-9cd2-4a93-9733-46cc89022e7c}
   • {A302545D-DEFF-464b-ABE8-61C8648D939B}
   • {A990AE9F-A03B-4e80-94BC-9912D7504104}
4. Then logoff from your current session and login

This does work, but I would be glad if someone could explain why? And why Microsoft still hasn't fixed this old, repeating bug?