Drive icons become folder icons
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Drive icons become folder icons
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 2:44 am
Posted by Abrham
(51 messages posted)
Hi all! My drive icons become a folder icon, and the drive is not opened by double
clicking. It launches the open with program list. How do I solve this? 10Q in advance
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re: Drive icons become folder icons
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 3:55 am
Posted by Geri
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G'day Abrham
I'm told that this procedure works in most cases.
first do a quick check for a particular file in root of C drive i.e. C:\autorun.inf
. Delete this if it is present.
Next, set the folder settings to default:
Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options> View> Reset All Folders. If no result,
then
Start Menu > Run and type this: regsvr32 /i shell32 .
This command re-registers an important DLL file connected with Windows explorer.
On Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 2:44 am, Abrham wrote:
>Hi all! My drive icons become a folder icon, and the drive is not opened by double
>clicking. It launches the open with program list. How do I solve this? 10Q in advance
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re: Drive icons become folder icons
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:02 am
Posted by Abrham
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Hi Geri 10Q for your fast response. But non of the three methods workout with me.
I didn't reboot and see the result yet if the last one (reg shell....) requires so,
but it didn't say so. So I left waiting for any other solution.
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re: Drive icons become folder icons
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 11:18 am
Posted by bob wells
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Changes typically require reboot when dealing with System files.
Windows won't make changes to files that are in use.
BW
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On Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 5:02 am, Abrham wrote:
>Hi Geri 10Q for your fast response. But non of the three methods workout with me.
>I didn't reboot and see the result yet if the last one (reg shell....) requires
so,
>but it didn't say so. So I left waiting for any other solution.
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re: Drive icons become folder icons
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 11:30 am
Posted by Abrham
(51 messages posted)
Actually I reboot but no change. The drives remain with the folder icons and couldn't
be opened on doubleclicking. any help pls????
On Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 11:18 am, bob wells wrote:
>Changes typically require reboot when dealing with System files.
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>Windows won't make changes to files that are in use.
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>BW
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>There's nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.
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