jeezz open is there.. it's not the end of the world. Get a grip!

Right click on Taskbar, open Start Menu Options/Advanced and click on My Computer/Open as Link. Click apply.

no,no

left click on Taskbar, open Start Menu Options/Advanced and click on My Computer/Open as KMA Click apply.

C:/format_all

What's a 'C drive'?  Is that like a 'U turn'?...

by Meyend Tripp - 12/7/2003 10:37:57 PM When I click on my C drive, the first option is not OPEN it is SEARCH

Do you mean the 'open' option is missing completely?

This happened to me a long time ago through uninstalling the Stardock Object Zip utility. IIRC it also occurred with other Stardock apps. It was sorted by GreenReaper who had the right registry patches. It's archived in this Google newsgroup thread (sorry about the wrapping)

http://www.google.com.au/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&frame=right&th=e2bcbc62126d1112&seekm=MPG.177c38f06f1b7bad9896ab%40news.stardock.com#link1

I have the Win98 patch but no way to get it to you. Maybe GreenReaper will see this (or you could email him and ask nicely?)

HTH



[Message Edited]

OK, I meant that when I double click on LOCAL DISK (C:) It goes to Search. I'm needing it to OPEN.


Yes, It is just right click away to choose open, but I prefer it to open on Double Click LOCAL DISK like it use to.

Hmmm... it sounds similar. It's still possible the HKEY_CALSSES_ROOT\Folder class is mangled a little bit...

What do you get if you look in Control Panel->Folder Options->File Types->Folder & click on "Advanced"?

You should see (possibly) among others 'Explore' and/or 'Open'. If 'Open' is there and not shown in bold (means it's the default) then highlight it with the mouse then click on "Set as Default".

In all cases I'm speaking from a Win2000 perspective. YMMV if you have XP.

HTH

Chris TH, that is exactly the position I need to be in. Only its not for folder its for Drive, I switched from SEARCH to - OPEN IN COMMAND WINDOW.* NO OPTION FOR OPEN

Do you know how to add it? It says add new, but when I type in OPEN it doesnt accept it.

I think you still have to look in the Folder class...

The 'Drive' seems to be a subset of 'Folder' with only the extra commands needed to make it particular to that class.

Similarly with the 'Directory' class.

i.e 'Drive' and "Directory' are 'children' of 'Folder' (my programmer days are waaay long in the past but this it how it looks to me). The commands not listed in the 'children' are passed up to the 'parent' (Folder) to handle.

On my system (where the drive behaves as normal) it too only has the 'Find' option listed.

I'm guessing when the 'Drive' object receives a doubleclick (or open) event, it passes it up to the Folder class to handle.

It shouldn't hurt to try it

[Message Edited]

Thanks Chris,
Checked FOLDER, and it is set on OPEN but C: still opens command window.

Guess Ill have to get use to right clicking open from now on



Again, Many thanks,

Keith

one way to fix this is to reinstall windows. Big step, but that might be all that can fix this. The problem probably lies in your drive class as ChrisTH said. If you know what you are doing you can probably fix it with regedit, but I wouldn't experiment in my registry because thats a very dangerous thing to do. You also might be able to do a system restore to before the point it started messing up. One other way is to search support forums like microsofts or dells.

actually try System File Checker first. might help.

Checked FOLDER, and it is set on OPEN but C: still opens command window.

Below is the Folder class from Win98, but it matches my Win2000 exactly...

I suggest opening Regedit & comparing with yours & fixing if necessary BACK IT UP FIRST

My guess is that you've somehow got 'command.com' in yours instead of 'explorer.exe' at some place.

BTW, the '@=' refers to the 'Default' entry you'll see in Regedit.

After this, I can't help you any more



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder]
@="Folder"
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec]
"NoActivateHandler"=""
@="[ViewFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\Explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec]
"NoActivateHandler"=""
@="[ExploreFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\Explorer.exe /e,/idlist,%I,%L