Serious context menu problems in Explorer.

M

MoiMeme

Have you recently added a new phot/imaging software ?
Have you checked in registry to what file type the .jpg extension is
assosiated, and what shell actions are there for it ( to take the example
you gave)

I have had after some software install some file extensions associated to
new fiel types and no more working adequately.
Look at HKEY_CLASSES_ROT\.jpg
I have it associated to jpegfile type
Look further in same registry hive for jpegfile wher e you will find an
entry named shell where all actions the context-menu will show are given.
See if that is correct ( that is displays the added entry you have build in
explorer->tools->file types)

I am using WinAssociate for these adaptations of context menus ( PC Magazine
utility), and have recently had the problem after an install of FoxitReader
: all entries I had before for pdf files disappeared. But Foxit had changed
the pdf file to another file type ( from AcroExch.Document to pdfdocument or
something like that)
I simply reassociated the .pdf to AcroExch.Document in the registry and got
my associations back)

Of course doing that for all file types would be impossible.

Have you tried repairing or uninstall/reinstall of AVG ?

Phil
 
J

John Corliss

I just installed XP on a freshly formatted hard drive and installed all
of my programs. Now, for some reason, I'm having all kinds of context
menu problems in Windows Explorer.

1. when I right click on files that have an "Open With >" dropdown
list entry, selecting that entry does nothing. That is to say,
the entries don't show.

2. I am unable to see my "Scan with AVG" entry on the context menu.

3. I can't add anything. I mean, I can add things, but they don't
show. For instance, if I do the following in Explorer:

1. Click on Tools/Folder Options.../File Types
2. Select a file type, say (for example) JPG
3. Click the "Advanced" button
4. Click the "New..." button
5. Create a new action (fill in both the Action and "Application
used to perform action:" and then press the "OK" button)

The new action will now be listed in the "Edit File Type" window.
However, if I "OK" out of everything and then right click on a .jpg
file, there is no new context menu entry. On the other hand, if I go
back into the Tools/Folder Options.../File Types "Edit File Type"
window, it still lists the new action!

Please help me. After four straight days of trying to do everything
correctly and STILL messing up, I am about to run screaming into the
street, up into the woods and climb a tree.

I really don't want to have to go back to Millennium Edition.
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: "John Corliss" <[email protected]>

| I just installed XP on a freshly formatted hard drive and installed all
| of my programs. Now, for some reason, I'm having all kinds of context
| menu problems in Windows Explorer.
|
| 1. when I right click on files that have an "Open With >" dropdown
| list entry, selecting that entry does nothing. That is to say,
| the entries don't show.
|
| 2. I am unable to see my "Scan with AVG" entry on the context menu.
|
| 3. I can't add anything. I mean, I can add things, but they don't
| show. For instance, if I do the following in Explorer:
|
| 1. Click on Tools/Folder Options.../File Types
| 2. Select a file type, say (for example) JPG
| 3. Click the "Advanced" button
| 4. Click the "New..." button
| 5. Create a new action (fill in both the Action and "Application
| used to perform action:" and then press the "OK" button)
|
| The new action will now be listed in the "Edit File Type" window.
| However, if I "OK" out of everything and then right click on a .jpg
| file, there is no new context menu entry. On the other hand, if I go
| back into the Tools/Folder Options.../File Types "Edit File Type"
| window, it still lists the new action!
|
| Please help me. After four straight days of trying to do everything
| correctly and STILL messing up, I am about to run screaming into the
| street, up into the woods and climb a tree.
|
| I really don't want to have to go back to Millennium Edition.
|

Start with the McAfee module in the below Multi AV Scanning Tool.

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm


* * * Please report back your results * * *
 
J

John Corliss

Ted said:
Install Service 2.
XP had many bugs in their first release.
Click to expand...

I just bought this copy of XP and it's XP Home with SP2. I updated it
totally at the Windows update site too.

Thanks for replying though.
 
J

John Corliss

David said:
From: "John Corliss" <[email protected]>

| I just installed XP on a freshly formatted hard drive and installed all
| of my programs. Now, for some reason, I'm having all kinds of context
| menu problems in Windows Explorer.
|
| 1. when I right click on files that have an "Open With >" dropdown
| list entry, selecting that entry does nothing. That is to say,
| the entries don't show.
|
| 2. I am unable to see my "Scan with AVG" entry on the context menu.
|
| 3. I can't add anything. I mean, I can add things, but they don't
| show. For instance, if I do the following in Explorer:
|
| 1. Click on Tools/Folder Options.../File Types
| 2. Select a file type, say (for example) JPG
| 3. Click the "Advanced" button
| 4. Click the "New..." button
| 5. Create a new action (fill in both the Action and "Application
| used to perform action:" and then press the "OK" button)
|
| The new action will now be listed in the "Edit File Type" window.
| However, if I "OK" out of everything and then right click on a .jpg
| file, there is no new context menu entry. On the other hand, if I go
| back into the Tools/Folder Options.../File Types "Edit File Type"
| window, it still lists the new action!
|
| Please help me. After four straight days of trying to do everything
| correctly and STILL messing up, I am about to run screaming into the
| street, up into the woods and climb a tree.
|
| I really don't want to have to go back to Millennium Edition.

Start with the McAfee module in the below Multi AV Scanning Tool.

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall
Click to expand...

Sorry, but I wouldn't disable my software firewall if somebody held a
loaded gun to my head. As for using anything from McAfee, the same
applies about the gun. Sorry.
or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

* * * Please report back your results * * *
Click to expand...

David, there is absolutely no way that I have a virus. I've been at this
far too long. When I installed XP, I never went online until I first
installed Kerio firewall (after disabling the Windows built in
firewall). Then the first thing I did online was to install every update
possible at the Windows update site. Then downloaded and installed AVG.

Only after doing all of that did I start installing my programs, and
that was with my cable modem turned off.
 
J

John Corliss

John said:
David said:
From: "John Corliss" <[email protected]>

| I just installed XP on a freshly formatted hard drive and installed all
| of my programs. Now, for some reason, I'm having all kinds of context
| menu problems in Windows Explorer.
|
| 1. when I right click on files that have an "Open With >" dropdown
| list entry, selecting that entry does nothing. That is to say,
| the entries don't show.
|
| 2. I am unable to see my "Scan with AVG" entry on the context menu.
|
| 3. I can't add anything. I mean, I can add things, but they don't
| show. For instance, if I do the following in Explorer:
|
| 1. Click on Tools/Folder Options.../File Types
| 2. Select a file type, say (for example) JPG
| 3. Click the "Advanced" button
| 4. Click the "New..." button
| 5. Create a new action (fill in both the Action and "Application
| used to perform action:" and then press the "OK" button)
|
| The new action will now be listed in the "Edit File Type" window.
| However, if I "OK" out of everything and then right click on a .jpg
| file, there is no new context menu entry. On the other hand, if I go
| back into the Tools/Folder Options.../File Types "Edit File Type"
| window, it still lists the new action!
|
| Please help me. After four straight days of trying to do everything
| correctly and STILL messing up, I am about to run screaming into the
| street, up into the woods and climb a tree.
|
| I really don't want to have to go back to Millennium Edition.

Start with the McAfee module in the below Multi AV Scanning Tool.

Download MULTI_AV.EXE from the URL --
http://www.ik-cs.com/programs/virtools/Multi_AV.exe

To use this utility, perform the following...
Execute; Multi_AV.exe { Note: You must use the default folder C:\AV-CLS }
Choose; Unzip
Choose; Close

Execute; C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT
{ or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in C:\AV-CLS }

NOTE: You may have to disable your software FireWall
Click to expand...


Sorry, but I wouldn't disable my software firewall if somebody held a
loaded gun to my head. As for using anything from McAfee, the same
applies about the gun. Sorry.
or allow WGET.EXE to go through your
FireWall to allow it to download the needed AV vendor related files.

C:\AV-CLS\StartMenu.BAT -- { or Double-click on 'Start Menu' in
C:\AV-CLS}
This will bring up the initial menu of choices and should be executed
in Normal Mode.
This way all the components can be downloaded from each AV vendor's
web site.
The choices are; Sophos, Trend, McAfee, Kaspersky, Exit this menu and
Reboot the PC.

You can choose to go to each menu item and just download the needed
files or you can
download the files and perform a scan in Normal Mode. Once you have
downloaded the files
needed for each scanner you want to use, you should reboot the PC into
Safe Mode [F8 key
during boot] and re-run the menu again and choose which scanner you
want to run in Safe
Mode. It is suggested to run the scanners in both Safe Mode and
Normal Mode.

When the menu is displayed hitting 'H' or 'h' will bring up a more
comprehensive PDF help
file. http://www.ik-cs.com/multi-av.htm

* * * Please report back your results * * *
Click to expand...


David, there is absolutely no way that I have a virus. I've been at this
far too long. When I installed XP, I never went online until I first
installed Kerio firewall (after disabling the Windows built in
firewall). Then the first thing I did online was to install every update
possible at the Windows update site. Then downloaded and installed AVG.

Only after doing all of that did I start installing my programs, and
that was with my cable modem turned off.
Click to expand...

I forgot to add thanks for replying. I do appreciate your input.
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: "John Corliss" <[email protected]>
..
|
| I forgot to add thanks for replying. I do appreciate your input.
|

Your welcome.

Besides the 4 different AV scanners that the tool provides, there are malware corrective
measures in it including fixing changes to local and group policies changes.

AVG is just OK and I am losing respect for this AV software. Below is a recent report I
generated for a Trojan Downloader. Note that AVG does NOT ID this infector and look how may
other do. This *is* a well known Trojan and even the shi!tty ClamAV IDs this Trojan.

AntiVir 6.33.0.61 12.13.2005 TR/Dldr.TComBil.L.1
Avast 4.6.695.0 12.13.2005 no virus found
AVG 718 12.08.2005 no virus found
Avira 6.33.0.61 12.13.2005 TR/Dldr.TComBil.L.1
BitDefender 7.2 12.13.2005 Trojan.Downloader.Agent.UF
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 12.13.2005 TrojanDownloader.Vidlo.y
ClamAV devel-20051108 12.12.2005 Trojan.Small-152
DrWeb 4.33 12.13.2005 Trojan.DownLoader.5869
eTrust-Iris 7.1.194.0 12.13.2005 Win32/SillyDL.9760!Trojan
eTrust-Vet 12.3.3.0 12.13.2005 Win32/DlWreck.S
Ewido ?? 12.13.2005 TrojanDownloader.Agent.uf
Fortinet 2.54.0.0 12.12.2005 W32/Agent.UF!tr
F-Prot 3.16c 12.12.2005 security risk named W32/Downloader.KZW
Ikarus 0.2.59.0 12.13.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.UF
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 12.13.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Vidlo.y
McAfee 4648 12.12.2005 Downloader-AAP.b
Microsoft ?? 12.13.2005 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1320 12.12.2005 Win32/TrojanDownloader.Agent.NDD
Norman 5.70.10 12.13.2005 W32/DLoader.NNC
Panda 8.02.00 12.13.2005 Trj/Downloader.GTG
Sophos 4.00.0 12.13.2005 Troj/Agent-UF
Symantec 8.0 12.13.2005 Download.Trojan
Trend Micro 103 12.13.2005 TROJ_YABE.F
TheHacker 5.9.1.054 12.13.2005 no virus found
VBA32 3.10.5 12.13.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.uf
 
J

John Corliss

Right. The problem affects all file types. I was only using .jpg files
as an example.
Have you recently added a new phot/imaging software ?
Have you checked in registry to what file type the .jpg extension is
assosiated, and what shell actions are there for it ( to take the example
you gave)

I have had after some software install some file extensions associated to
new fiel types and no more working adequately.
Look at HKEY_CLASSES_ROT\.jpg
I have it associated to jpegfile type
Look further in same registry hive for jpegfile wher e you will find an
entry named shell where all actions the context-menu will show are given.
See if that is correct ( that is displays the added entry you have build in
explorer->tools->file types)

I am using WinAssociate for these adaptations of context menus ( PC Magazine
utility), and have recently had the problem after an install of FoxitReader
: all entries I had before for pdf files disappeared. But Foxit had changed
the pdf file to another file type ( from AcroExch.Document to pdfdocument or
something like that)
I simply reassociated the .pdf to AcroExch.Document in the registry and got
my associations back)

Of course doing that for all file types would be impossible.

Have you tried repairing or uninstall/reinstall of AVG ?
Click to expand...

I don't think it was AVG causing the problem because it showed up long
after I installed that program.
 
J

John Corliss

David,
The problem is affecting all file types. I was only using .jpg files
as an example.
From: "John Corliss" <[email protected]>
.
|
| I forgot to add thanks for replying. I do appreciate your input.
|

Your welcome.

Besides the 4 different AV scanners that the tool provides, there are malware corrective
measures in it including fixing changes to local and group policies changes.

AVG is just OK and I am losing respect for this AV software. Below is a recent report I
generated for a Trojan Downloader. Note that AVG does NOT ID this infector and look how may
other do. This *is* a well known Trojan and even the shi!tty ClamAV IDs this Trojan.

AntiVir 6.33.0.61 12.13.2005 TR/Dldr.TComBil.L.1
Avast 4.6.695.0 12.13.2005 no virus found
AVG 718 12.08.2005 no virus found
Avira 6.33.0.61 12.13.2005 TR/Dldr.TComBil.L.1
BitDefender 7.2 12.13.2005 Trojan.Downloader.Agent.UF
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 12.13.2005 TrojanDownloader.Vidlo.y
ClamAV devel-20051108 12.12.2005 Trojan.Small-152
DrWeb 4.33 12.13.2005 Trojan.DownLoader.5869
eTrust-Iris 7.1.194.0 12.13.2005 Win32/SillyDL.9760!Trojan
eTrust-Vet 12.3.3.0 12.13.2005 Win32/DlWreck.S
Ewido ?? 12.13.2005 TrojanDownloader.Agent.uf
Fortinet 2.54.0.0 12.12.2005 W32/Agent.UF!tr
F-Prot 3.16c 12.12.2005 security risk named W32/Downloader.KZW
Ikarus 0.2.59.0 12.13.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.UF
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 12.13.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Vidlo.y
McAfee 4648 12.12.2005 Downloader-AAP.b
Microsoft ?? 12.13.2005 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1320 12.12.2005 Win32/TrojanDownloader.Agent.NDD
Norman 5.70.10 12.13.2005 W32/DLoader.NNC
Panda 8.02.00 12.13.2005 Trj/Downloader.GTG
Sophos 4.00.0 12.13.2005 Troj/Agent-UF
Symantec 8.0 12.13.2005 Download.Trojan
Trend Micro 103 12.13.2005 TROJ_YABE.F
TheHacker 5.9.1.054 12.13.2005 no virus found
VBA32 3.10.5 12.13.2005 Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.uf
Click to expand...


--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls and other such idiots. No adware, cdware,
commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware,
shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez
please.
 
J

John Corliss

Ted,
Thanks very much for replying! 80)>

Yes, I did. Both 1.1 and 2.0. Is that the problem? Man, that would
really be bad. Since neither is uninstallable, I would have to do a
total reinstall of the OS. Oh well, I'm almost at that point right now
anyway.
 
T

Ted

1.1 is OK, but 2.0 might be a problem.
I am sorry I am little late, I just remembered and
there was a fix for it.

To add/remove the context menu when you right click on the desktop,
or when you right click in Explorer in the results pane,
apply the following Windows NT Registry hack:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Name: NoViewContextMenu
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0=Disable
Value: 1=Enable
 
J

John Corliss

Ted,
Thanks a bunch for trying, but that wasn't it. Looks like it's time
to start backing up my data files for a total reinstall. And with
Product Activation, that should suck big time.
 
T

Ted

Did you restart computer ?
Are you logged in as an Administrator ?
If doesn't work then one of the programs you
installed must be corrupting the context menu.
I use AVG and works fine.
 
J

John Corliss

Ted said:
Did you restart computer ?
Yes.

Are you logged in as an Administrator ?
Click to expand...

Yes (it's a one user XP Home with SP2 system)
If doesn't work then one of the programs you
installed must be corrupting the context menu.
I use AVG and works fine.
Click to expand...

When I right click on an .exe file and look for a context menu item to
"Scan with AVG", there is none. This is in spite of my having gone into
AVG and configured it to do so.

I'm beginning to suspect more and more that it was my activating Windows
Media Player 10 that was responsible for the hosing of my file
associations and the problems in the context menu. That program took
over control of all of my media file types in spite of my telling it not
to. I had to go into it's options and deselect all of the file types.
 
D

David H. Lipman

From: "Ted" <[email protected]>

| You said you had a virus and scanned it with all
| the antivirus software.

That was a report of a Trojan and what AV software detected that Trojan.
A computer was not infected with it per se.
 

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