Folder Shortcuts aren't working

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Joel

The folder shortcuts that I create do not work. For
example, I create a shortcut (by rightclick, drag) to a
folder in the My Documents folder, then doubleclick that
shortcut. I should see the contents of the folder that it
points to, but instead nothing happens. Instead I see an
hourglass for five seconds, then nothing.

(I posted about this before. Doubleclicking a folder in
Explorer works fine. Open is listed in bold in the context
menu.)

This did not fix the problem:
Download and run the .LNK file association fix from
Doug's site:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

And this didn't fix it either:
Enter in cmd window:
"regsvr32 BROWSEUI.dll"
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll"
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
 
Joel, Just sent a mail to you, check that out in the meanwhile.

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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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The folder shortcuts that I create do not work. For
example, I create a shortcut (by rightclick, drag) to a
folder in the My Documents folder, then doubleclick that
shortcut. I should see the contents of the folder that it
points to, but instead nothing happens. Instead I see an
hourglass for five seconds, then nothing.

(I posted about this before. Doubleclicking a folder in
Explorer works fine. Open is listed in bold in the context
menu.)

This did not fix the problem:
Download and run the .LNK file association fix from
Doug's site:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

And this didn't fix it either:
Enter in cmd window:
"regsvr32 BROWSEUI.dll"
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll"
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
 
*Undeliverable*

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Joel, Just sent a mail to you, check that out in the meanwhile.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


The folder shortcuts that I create do not work. For
example, I create a shortcut (by rightclick, drag) to a
folder in the My Documents folder, then doubleclick that
shortcut. I should see the contents of the folder that it
points to, but instead nothing happens. Instead I see an
hourglass for five seconds, then nothing.

(I posted about this before. Doubleclicking a folder in
Explorer works fine. Open is listed in bold in the context
menu.)

This did not fix the problem:
Download and run the .LNK file association fix from
Doug's site:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

And this didn't fix it either:
Enter in cmd window:
"regsvr32 BROWSEUI.dll"
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll"
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
 
Via CDO, Ramesh - (e-mail address removed)

Will

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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
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