Re: Help registry changes mixup !!!

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 05/07/02 

From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:39:36 -0400

For the command prompt opening, Sorry, Ronnie. Wrong fix. The value affected by this problem is in the Directory sub key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

For Search or the Command Prompt opening, if editing the Registry manually is not to your liking, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Win XP Fixes section. Follow the link for "Search/Command Prompt opens when double clicking a folder". This script resets both of the above values to "none".

Otherwise, Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT

Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell

Set the Default value to "none" without the quotes. To do this, double click where it says Default.

You may also need to check:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

The default value for this entry should be "none", as well.

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder (Q321186)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q321186

The above KB article provides more detail on this issue. 

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"Jeff Baygents" <jeff@linxent.com> wrote in message news:110101c1f5ca$833a27b0$9be62ecf@tkmsftngxa03...
> I would use my original WinXP CD and perform a 
> repair/restore.  If the repair fixes my main problem, I 
> would then go to the Windows Update site and reinstall 
> any needed security updates, as a minimum.  By the way, 
> the Windows Explorer is also partially driven by Internet 
> Explorer so, in some cases, doing a repair/restore for 
> Internet Explorer will also fix Windows Explorer.  Hope 
> this helps get you started.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I set-up a test account on my laptop to play with some 
> of 
> >the registry settings. Then after I deleted the account 
> I 
> >noticed a few weird things happening on my administrator 
> >account. What happened and what do I need to change. 
> When 
> >I go to my computer and click on the 'C' or 'D' drive 
> the 
> >command prompt opens to the C or D prompt. When I click 
> >on the documents folders I get a window that 
> >says, "Windows can not create a shortcut here. Would you 
> >like the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead." 
> >This message also pops up when I click on Control Panel 
> >in the start menu. Please Help !!!
> >.
> >

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