changing default action for drives?

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how do i change the default action for drives in My Computer?

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| how do i change the default action for drives in My Computer?
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| thank you. have an awesome day.
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really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open,
Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create
Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types' and
accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit File Type'
dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button). the only action
in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search window,
and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window and see the
contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change it back so that
'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service
Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day. :)

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:
 
Type in Start - Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

It caused by a bug in the dialog you were playing in.

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really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open, Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types' and accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit File Type' dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button). the only action in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search window, and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window and see the contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change it back so that 'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day. :)

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:

In your BIOS.
 
success! it worked. thank you.
but what exactly did this command do?

thank you. have a great day.

Thus spoke David Candy:
Type in Start - Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

It caused by a bug in the dialog you were playing in.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

"funtoplaywith" <[email protected]
really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open,
Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create
Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types'
and accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit
File Type' dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button).
the only action in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now
the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search
window, and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window
and see the contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change
it back so that 'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build
2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this
about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day. :)

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:
In your BIOS.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It resets large parts of the registry back to factory conditions. This is
how windows installs itself. It's how the original entry was placed into the
registry. Setup does a regsvr32 /i shell32.



funtoplaywith said:
success! it worked. thank you.
but what exactly did this command do?

thank you. have a great day.

Thus spoke David Candy:
Type in Start - Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

It caused by a bug in the dialog you were playing in.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

"funtoplaywith" <[email protected]
really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open,
Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create
Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types'
and accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit
File Type' dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button).
the only action in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now
the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search
window, and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window
and see the contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change
it back so that 'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build
2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this
about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day. :)

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:
In your BIOS.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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