Bingo!! Brilliant!! Right On!!!
Nepatsfan, many thanks for your assistance - it appears to
have fully resolved the problem.
A question: Why delete the key "NonEnum" key when setting
the values' dwords to 0 resolves the issue?
And an answer: The built-in Administrator was deleted some
time ago because I forgot the password and couldn't access
that account. My personal account has full administrator
rights as I'm the only person using this computer and I
tinker a fair bit. Tried setting up a separate
"administrator" account but found I was reverting to it so
often it wasn't worth having separate personal "normal
work" and "administrator" accounts.
Again, many thanks for your patience and timely assistance
that resulted in SUCCESS!!
:
Log on with your account and navigate to this registry
key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
Right click each of the two values listed in the right
hand pane and select modify from the menu. Change the
value data to 0.
This is what you should now see in the registry for these
two values.
"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000
(0)
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
(0)
If this fixes the problem, go back and delete the entire
key. You can do that by right clicking the NonEnum entry
in the left hand column and selecting delete from the
menu.
Just out of curiosity, are you using the built-in
Administrator account or is your account one you created
that's a Computer Administrator?
It's never a good idea to use the Administrator as an
everyday account. That account should only be used in an
emergency.
You might want to take a look at these articles for how to
deal with this issue:
How do I copy a user profile in Windows XP?
http://www.petri.co.il/copy_user_profiles_in_windows_xp.htm
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new
profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151
Good luck
Nepatsfan
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BygByrd wrote:
Nepstsfan, Thanks for continuing to search for a solution
with me. I trust you had an enjoyable Christmas Day.
When I logged on as another user (there is only me as
Administrator and another as "Guest"), the Guest account
worked correctly.
I exported the comdlg32 key from the Administrator
account and in Notepad it looks like this:
QUOTE:
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UNQUOTE
Not very helpful, so I also exported the Policies key and
using UltraEdit-32 it looks like this:
QUOTE:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000b5
"NoNetHood"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoSMMyDocs"=dword:00000001
"NoSMMyPictures"=dword:00000001
"NoNetConnectDisconnect"=dword:00000000
"NoSaveSettings"=hex:00,00,00,00
"NoInternetIcon"=dword:00000000
"NoDriveAutoRun"=hex:70,00,00,00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network]
"NoEntireNetwork"=dword:00000000
"NoWorkgroupContents"=dword:00000000
"NoFileSharing"=dword:00000000
"NoPrintSharing"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000001
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000001
UNQUOTE
I also used Regedit to look for the comdlg32 key of the
Guest account but that key does not exist in HKCU.
:
Have you tried logging on as another user to see if this
problem is isolated to your account?
If the only other account on your computer is the
built-in Administrator you'll have to use one of the
following methods in order to access that account;
1. For XP Pro press the Windows key + L to bring up the
Welcome screen.
Once the Welcome Screen is displayed, hit Ctrl + Alt +
Del to bring up the Logon to Windows box.
Enter Administrator and any associated password to logon
with that account.
2. To logon as the Administrator in Windows XP Home
Edition you'll have to reboot and startup in Safe Mode.
If you find that the problem only shows up in your user
account, do the following:
Go to Start -> Run and enter regedit.exe in the open
box. Navigate to the following key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32
In the left hand pane, right click on this key and
select Export from the menu.
Name the file and save it someplace handy.
Right click on the .reg file you just created and select
Edit from the menu.
The file should open in Notepad.
Copy and paste the contents into a response to this
post.
Nepatsfan
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BygByrd wrote:
You are right, "My Computer" should be listed, but that
is the problem, "My Computer" and its drives are NOT
listed. All that's listed is "My Network Places" and
the folders beneath that folder.
:
What do you see listed when you hit the arrow next to
the "Save in" box? My Computer and your local drives
should be listed.
Nepatsfan
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BygByrd wrote:
Thanks for the prompt response Nepatsfan. I'd already
tried TweakUI but without success:-(
The only folders I see in the main window when I
select "Desktop" are "My Documents" and "My Net
Places" - nothing else, so I can't navigate to them.
That said, I can go to a drive|folder by typing it
into the file name box below the main window.
:
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BygByrd wrote:
When I attempt to use "File|Open..." or "File|Save
As..." in any program (other than Microsoft Office
programs which work correctly) the only places I
can look at are "My Documents" (which lists the
folders under "My Documents"), "Recent" (which
lists nothing!) and "My Network Places" (which
lists the places thereunder)- there is NO "My
Computer" or any of the drfives or folders below
"My Computer". Also "My Computer' does not appear
in the Place Pane.
Help... this is driving me nuts
You might want to take a look at this article:
Tweaking the Places Bar in Windows and Office
http://tinyurl.com/c23ok
Good luck
Nepatsfan
