Folder Option-- CHANGE, DELETE, ADVANCED greyed out.

[mrydhan]

Under the Folder Options, in the File Types tab, NEW, DELETE, CHANGE
and ADVANCED options are all greyed out. Can change, create or delete
any file associations.
Your help would be appreciated. This seems to have happened after I had
trouble uninstalling the Norton Antivirus 2000 (it locked up during
uninstall). Since then I successfully uninstall the Norton AV using
Symantec tool.

 

[John John]

Any chance it got changed by policies? Check this System registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFileAssociate

If NoFileAssociate is there with REG_DWORD value 1 change it to 0.

It could also be applied at the user level. Look at the HKCU key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

John

 

[mrydhan]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoFileAssociate

is not in the registry.

The one under HKCU for NoFileAssociate has a value of 0.
It also has NoDriveTypeAutoRun with the value 0x00000091 (145)

Thanks for your reply,

Mohammad

 

[John John]

The NoDriveTypeAutoRun has nothing to do with your file association
problem. You can change the file associations with the right click
"Open With" menu. With Windows Explorer find a type of file you want to
change then right click the file and use "Open with" to change the
association. If "Open with" is unavailable press and hold the "Shift"
key then right click the file. A bit harder but, Associations can also
be changed with the Assoc command from a command prompt. Do assoc /? to
get help on the command. These can serve as a way around the problem
until a fix to your problem is found.

John