re: No Open Option on Desktop Folders or Control panel
Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 5:48 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jack Gulley
(5917 messages posted)
After reading over your postings several times, I am still confused as to what
you are seeing, when you say "search". For example, with the My Computer, are you
seeing a normal "My Computer" window with the Search pane open as if you have opened
it and hit the "Search" option? Or maybe it is filling the whole window? Or is it
giving you something like a search engine web page? Or is it a "Search Results" window,
as if you had selected the Start - Search - "For Files and folder.." option.
On the Open Control panel, if I understand the details you left out, you are able
to go to Settings -Taskbar and Startmenu, Advanced tab and check the box for "Expand
Control Panel", and in this way see all of the entries in the Control panel through
the Start Menu. But in the default configuration you are not able to Open the Control
Panel window. If not, what happens. What do you get or see?
Try this. Move the mouse over the Control Panel entry in the startmenu so that
it is highlighted and right click on it. Instead of Open, click on Explore. You should
get a two pane Explorer style window for the Control Panel. If not, what happens
or what do you see. A blank window? Any error message of any kind?
If you do a Start - RUN - SYSDM.CPL does it bring up the System Properties
window?
If you have not already done it, try a REPAIR of IE. To REPAIR IE 6.0, go to Control
Panel, Add/Remove icon, and select (highlight) the entry for "Microsoft Internet
Explorer ... and Internet Tools" and then click the Add/Remove button at the bottom
of the window. On the options window, select the "Repair Internet Explorer" option
and click OK. When it is done reboot the system. This should check and replace a
number of the common DLLs use by both IE and Explorer. It sounds like one of the
main DLLs used by Explorer to Open windows has been corrupted. Worth a try at this
point.
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