Local Disk (C:) Open With ...Choose Program

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Windows XP

using START > My Computer > when i click on Local Disk (C:) it goes to "Open With...Choose the program" as if it were trying to open a file!

however, when using the ADDRESS toolbar at the top or the FOLDERS toolbar at the side, it lets me navigate thru to Local Disk (C:) as normal.

i had a Virus problem recently which has been controlled as far as possible with Norton.

any help is much appreciated.

thanks,
david sutherland

GioAguilar · Answer

When it ask you for a program, select EXPLROER.EXE I think it is unde: C:\Windows\ or C:\Windows\System32

escocia1 · Answer

that works, thanks, but the checkbox to 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file' is not available so i need to do this EVERY TIME!!! recently, when i try to open some other file folders, the SEARCH function kicks in to play! i think there's a virus problem here!

GioAguilar · Answer

What if you go to My Computer, then to Tools menu, then Folder options. Go to File Types, do the same  I told you for the HDD

escocia1 · Answer

ok, i went there and it doesnt let me CHANGE
so i chose the ADVANCED tab
where it had FIND as the default ACTION
then i used BROWSE to configure EXPLORER as the program
and set it to DEFAULT.

but...unfortunately it's still doing the same thing.

i still think this is a virus-related problem as when i click on other folders to open them using explorer sometimes the SEARCH function kicks into play instead of opening up the folder!!! very strange!

escocia1 · Answer

well, i did that and it gave a positive 'succesful' message response but, however, the problem still remains! i'm going to reboot to see if that helps

dard-e-ishq · Answer

Hi Escocia1,     Try this and let me know if it does NOT work.   For the drive: open a command prompt window and type 'regsvr32 /i shell32.dll'.   Note: The command is without quotation marks.     Thanks & Regards, Dard-e-Ishq.

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Local Disk (C:) Open With ...Choose Program

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