Really strange problem

[moogle33]

Hello all,

I have a windows 2000 pro PC and when I open explorer and double click on
any file, say a serif document the program opens fine then a few seconds
later exploer pops up ontop of the program. this is getting really anoying
so I would be really grateful if anybody could tell me how to stop explorer
doing this.

James

 

[Bill Peele [MS]]

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From: "moogle33" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.applications
Subject: Really strange problem
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:05:22 -0000

Hello all,

I have a windows 2000 pro PC and when I open explorer and double click on
any file, say a serif document the program opens fine then a few seconds
later exploer pops up ontop of the program. this is getting really anoying
so I would be really grateful if anybody could tell me how to stop explorer
doing this.

James

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James,

Pick a file type, say a .TXT file, and double click on it. Does the same behavior happen? If so run Regedit and look for the
following key and see what the Default value is set to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt

The Default value should be set to txtfile. If it is then go to the following registry key and see what the Default value here is
set to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell\open\command

It should look something like the following and if it doesn't then let us know what it does look like:

%SystemRoot%\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE %1

If we do not get the behavior with at text file then pick one type of file and follow the same steps as above except substitue
the extension for the file type with the issue for the .txt.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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