There are a lot of these out there on the Interwebs, but this is one of the few I’ve run into (since I don’t normally use Windows) and the only one I’ve captured.
There are two serious wtfs here.
- The application wasn’t Internet Explorer, although it says so in the dialog title. It was Windows’ (supposedly built-in) zip application. The scenario: I opened up a zip file and dragged one of the compressed files to the desktop.
- The question. Move or copy…? Ok, I want to copy, since I want the file to remain in the zip file. So then I’ll answer… Yes..? No?
Of course, this is a matter of interpretation, but still. Dialogs mustn’t be ambiguous like this.
Failure.
I’ve had that message when copying files out of a virtual PC instance.
There are some other mad ones that I’ve come across, like the “Windows – No Disk” error that doesn’t actually say which disk.
If you’re having an extra lucky day and MSIE dies, you might encounter this cryptic error description after reporting the error:
Problem caused by Windows
This problem was caused by Windows, which was created by Microsoft Corporation. Currently, there is no solution for the problem that you reported.