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re: drive wont open or access
Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted)


If you're sure the virus is completely gone, restore the default open behavior:

Go to Start then Run, type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll and press Enter or click OK

See if that fixes the problem. If not do the following:

  1. Start Registry Editor (Start then Run, type regedit and press Enter of click OK)
  2. Locate and then click the Default value under the following keys in the registry if this problem occurs with folders:
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
    If this problem occurs with drives:
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
  3. Click Modify on the Edit menu.
  4. Type none in the Value data box, and then click OK.
  5. Quit Registry Editor.

Above taken from: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186


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drive wont open or access (jeff: Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 6:18 am)

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