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July 15th 04, 02:51 AM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Hi,
I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy 
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July 15th 04, 03:02 AM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Hi Andy,
Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news  Hi, I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 15th 04, 03:52 PM
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cannot open folders from start menu
"Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news Hi, I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 15th 04, 04:54 PM
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cannot open folders from start menu
"Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news Hi, I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 15th 04, 08:55 PM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Hi Andy,
Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news Hi, I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 15th 04, 08:55 PM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Hi Andy,
Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news Hi, I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 04:48 AM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Kelly,
203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 05:09 AM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Kelly,
203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 05:21 AM
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cannot open folders from start menu
Kelly,
203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 04:08 PM
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Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the
drive letter via TweakUI. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Lines 14 and 15. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... Kelly, 203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 04:14 PM
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open is in bold, explore is in normal. I have never used tweakUI
the taskbar plus fixes seem to be talking about the start button itself - I am talking about folders on the start menu I have also tried your "Restore Taskbar and Start Menu" reg tweak but that didn't work either :-((( "Kelly" wrote in message ... Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Lines 14 and 15. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... Kelly, 203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 04:30 PM
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Hi Andy,
In the meantime, can you post the contents of these registry keys? HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\Con textMenuHandlers Click Start, Run and type Regedit to open the Registry Editor. --=20 Ramesh - Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k The Parasite Fight:=20 http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups:=20 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...ttingnews.mspx "Andy Fish" wrote in message = ... open is in bold, explore is in normal. I have never used tweakUI the taskbar plus fixes seem to be talking about the start button itself = - I am talking about folders on the start menu I have also tried your "Restore Taskbar and Start Menu" reg tweak but = that didn't work either :-((( "Kelly" wrote in message ... Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding = the drive letter via TweakUI. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Lines 14 and 15. --=20 All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... Kelly, 203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand = side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm --=20 All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can = still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on = the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu = does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same = symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. = Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. --=20 All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows=AE XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder = in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp = style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I = even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the = same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 04:30 PM
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cannot open folders from start menu
here they are.
note that I do not have a problem opening folders from within explorer - it's only on the start menu. Andy [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers\EncryptionMenu] @="{A470F8CF-A1E8-4f65-8335-227475AA5C46}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers\Offline Files] @="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers\Sharing] @="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers\WinZip] @="{E0D79304-84BE-11CE-9641-444553540000}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers\ZipScan] @="{80E0886C-C630-464D-896F-478EDA4122D4}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs\WinZip] @="{E0D79304-84BE-11CE-9641-444553540000}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\Con textMenuHandlers] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\Con textMenuHandlers\AraxisMe rge65] @="{7A0B5906-6671-42FE-B404-6247FC57770B}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\Con textMenuHandlers\Send To] @="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}" "Ramesh [MVP]" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, In the meantime, can you post the contents of these registry keys? HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHan dlers HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandle rs HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\Con textMenuHandlers Click Start, Run and type Regedit to open the Registry Editor. -- Ramesh - Microsoft MVP Windows XP Shell/User http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k The Parasite Fight: http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php Outlook Express: Getting News from Newsgroups: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...ttingnews.mspx "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... open is in bold, explore is in normal. I have never used tweakUI the taskbar plus fixes seem to be talking about the start button itself - I am talking about folders on the start menu I have also tried your "Restore Taskbar and Start Menu" reg tweak but that didn't work either :-((( "Kelly" wrote in message ... Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Lines 14 and 15. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... Kelly, 203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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cannot open folders from start menu
Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the
drive letter via TweakUI. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Lines 14 and 15. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... Kelly, 203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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July 16th 04, 05:35 PM
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cannot open folders from start menu
open is in bold, explore is in normal. I have never used tweakUI
the taskbar plus fixes seem to be talking about the start button itself - I am talking about folders on the start menu I have also tried your "Restore Taskbar and Start Menu" reg tweak but that didn't work either :-((( "Kelly" wrote in message ... Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Lines 14 and 15. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... Kelly, 203 didn't work. I downloaded the taskbar repair tool but can't find "Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click" or anything similar Andy "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Sorry about that, I read your post wrong. Is either in bold or are they greyed out. This can happen from hiding the drive letter via TweakUI. If this is not the case, try the edit on line 203 (right hand side): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Or Restore Explore and Open to the Right Click: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message ... "Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, Check your settings he Most users who face this issue can still right click the Start button, even though they can't right click on the Start Menu. Here is the workaround: I have drag and drop enabled. the problem is not that the menu does not appear - it appears correctly but if I select 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. I also have a shortcut to the CD drive on my start menu, and this works OK (presumably because the file type is not 'folder') note that even a brand new user account exhibits the same symptoms, so I suspect it's not a user profile problem. Right click the Start button, select Properties, Customize. Scroll through the options on the Advanced tab and put the check mark back in Enable dragging and dropping. -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP 2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Andy Fish" wrote in message news
Hi,I am using windows xp pro sp1. when I right click on a folder in the start menu and try 'open' or 'explore' nothing happens. The other actions such as delete/rename work OK. This is with both the classic and xp style start menus. I have checked the HKCR/Folder registry key and all is ok. The open and explore actions work OK from outside the start menu too. I even tried creating a brand new account on the machine and that has the same problem. Anyone else have any ideas as to what might be wrong? many thanks Andy
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