changing default action for drives?

[funtoplaywith]

how do i change the default action for drives in My Computer?

thank you. have an awesome day.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

In your BIOS.

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| how do i change the default action for drives in My Computer?
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[funtoplaywith]

really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open,
Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create
Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types' and
accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit File Type'
dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button). the only action
in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search window,
and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window and see the
contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change it back so that
'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service
Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day.

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:

 

[David Candy]

Type in Start - Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

It caused by a bug in the dialog you were playing in.

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really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open, Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types' and accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit File Type' dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button). the only action in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search window, and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window and see the contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change it back so that 'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day.

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:

In your BIOS.

 

[funtoplaywith]

success! it worked. thank you.
but what exactly did this command do?

thank you. have a great day.

Thus spoke David Candy:

Type in Start - Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

It caused by a bug in the dialog you were playing in.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

"funtoplaywith" <[email protected]
really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open,
Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create
Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types'
and accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit
File Type' dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button).
the only action in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now
the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search
window, and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window
and see the contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change
it back so that 'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build
2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this
about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day.

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:

In your BIOS.

 

[Kelly]

It resets large parts of the registry back to factory conditions. This is
how windows installs itself. It's how the original entry was placed into the
registry. Setup does a regsvr32 /i shell32.

success! it worked. thank you.
but what exactly did this command do?

thank you. have a great day.

Thus spoke David Candy:

Type in Start - Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

It caused by a bug in the dialog you were playing in.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm

"funtoplaywith" <[email protected]
really?! no. i guess i should have been more specific.

i meant the actions in the menu when i r-click a drive, like Open,
Search..., Explore, Sharing and Security, Format..., Copy, Create
Shortcut, Rename, Properties, etc.

i was changing the Drive icon in 'Folder Options' > 'File Types'
and accidentally clicked the 'Set Default' button on the 'Edit
File Type' dialog (opened when i clicked the 'Advanced' button).
the only action in the 'Actions' list box is 'find' which is now
the default.

so, when i dbl-click a drive in My Computer it opens the Search
window, and now i must r-click > 'Open' to open an explorer window
and see the contents of the drive (i.e.: C:\). i want to change
it back so that 'Open' will be the default action again.

the os is windows 5.1 (xp home) [build
2600.xpsp2.030422-1633:Service Pack 1]

is there a book or site with this and other useful info like this
about xp?



thank you kindly for your help. have a fantastic day.

Thus spoke Carey Frisch [MVP]:

In your BIOS.