re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Posted by Rich Kurtz
(11648 messages posted)
Try this:
My Computer / Tools / Folder Options / File Types tab
Select the icon for (NONE) Folder and click the Advanced button.
In the Actions List, select Explore or Open and click Set Default.
Click OK and Close
Explore will cause it to open in 2 pane mode with the drives/folders on the left
and folder content on the right.
Open will cause it to open in single pane mode with folder content.
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re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Posted by Ramin
(2 messages posted)
Thank you very much Rich.... good idea... But I'm still wondering if anyone could
tell me Why this thing happened... I explain it again... "When I double Click on
my hard drives in -My Computer- an 'Open With' window appears"... but anyway.. thank
you again rich. It made my work easier.. ;)
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re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Posted by DocCrain
(786 messages posted)
It seems to me that since this is new to Windows it is simply asking for directions
from you on how you want this type of file opened. I think that if you simply use
the Open with.. choice and check the little box "Always use...for this type of file,"
the next time you double click Windows will open with your previous selection.
Neurons that fire together, wire together.
(Posted with Opera)
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re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Posted by Rich Kurtz
(11648 messages posted)
No idea why things just happen in XP. You can do 50 installs to the same computer,
same hardware and all will be fine. Do 1 more and poof, you have problems. It's been
with computers since day one and was given the name "Bit Rot" which basically means
no one has any idea why it happnes.
My current theory is Gamma Rays hitting the hard drive and causing bit changes
in the registry. Black hole gravitational warping is another possability :-)
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re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Posted by Jacob6601
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And it's name is "parity error".
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re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Monday, February 5, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Posted by carly
(1 messages posted)
BLESS YOU for this tidbit of information. Somehow my computer changed from one pane
to 2 and it's been driving me nuts all day to figure out how to get it back to the
way I want it.
What a simple solution but only if you know where to go and what to do.
You've saved my sanity.
Thanks!!!!
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re: Question about 'Special folders no longer work like they should'
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 11:37 am
Posted by Rich Kurtz
(11648 messages posted)
I prefer 2 pane mode with folders on the left. I find it much easier to navigate
that way. Amazing how preferences differ. Guess that's why they call them Preferences
:-)
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