Right click on a folder...properties...nothing happens!!

[Guest]

Please help, I right click on a folder ,in windows explorer, and choose
properties...nothing happens? Is it any fixes for this ? or do I have to do
I have to reinstall the system?

/MattiasG

 

[JohnB]

Looks like you and I have the same problem, but nobody out
there knows a solution, or they're not telling us
John

 

[John John]

Are you by any chance using Zone Alarm? If so see here:

Tip #437: Folder Properties Work-around when using ZoneAlarm
http://windows.about.com/library/tips/bltip437.htm

John

 

[Andrew Morton]

Looks like you and I have the same problem, but nobody out
there knows a solution, or they're not telling us

There are many possible problems leading to that, here's a possible
solution found through google groups:-

The "SYSTEM" account may not have full access privileges to everything
on the
drive. You may have to use cacls from a command prompt to mend it. Read
the help
for cacls very, very carefully. Take particular note that you should use
the /E
switch. You can /really/ mess up with cacls.
Your computer may have a different problem, but the above fixed mine.

Another potential problem is third-party context-menu items.

Andrew

 

[jastewart]

*Please help, I right click on a folder ,in windows explorer, an
choose
properties...nothing happens? Is it any fixes for this ? or do I hav
to do
I have to reinstall the system?

/MattiasG *

I've encountered this bizarre inaction a few times. After hours spen
trawling around fruitlessly, it seems to be related to ZoneAlarm (o
poss other FW) and IIS. The problem went away when I did RESETIIS in
dos box. Someone has speculated that the properties command is doing a
RPC call to IIS which is being blocked by ZoneAlarm. All very obviou
really (not)..


-
jastewar