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I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
Through a concatenation of events too convoluted to describe (but
which involved the installation and uninstalling of some new
programs), the shortcut to Windows Explorer on my Start menu (under
All Programs) no longer functions properly. It has as its target
C:\Windows\explorer.scf, and when I click on it, I get an error
message window with the title "C:\Windows\explorer.scf", and the
message "There was a problem sending the command to the program."
This shortcut, when it functioned properly, opened Windows Explorer to
my hard drive.
I can still open Windows Explorer successfully with another shortcut
located under Accessories in my Start menu. This shortcut has the
target %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe, and works fine except that it opens
Windows Explorer to My Documents, rather than to my hard drive, which
I find annoying.
One way that I can still open Windows Explorer to my hard drive is to
go into the Windows folder and click on the file called "explorer"
(NOT "explorer.exe", just "explorer"). The file explorer is
described, under its properties, as a "Windows Explorer Command", and
I believe (based on some preliminary research I have done) that it is
actually explorer.scf.
What I don't understand is why the shortcut on my start menu (which,
as noted, has as its target C:\Windows\explorer.scf), now has a
problem triggering the explorer file in the Windows folder.
I have even tried creating a new shortcut by right-clicking on the
explorer file described above (reallly explorer.scf, I think),
clicking on "Create shortcut", and then moving this new shortcut to my
start menu. However, clicking on the new shortcut (which I see also
has the target C:\Windows\explorer.scf) results in the same error
message as described above.
One way that I CAN get an item on my Start menu that does what I want
is to right-click on the explorer file mentioned above and drag it to
the front of my Start menu. This leaves the original file in the
Windows folder, and creates an entry on my Start menu that seems to
function as a shortcut but that is not designated as a shortcut under
its Properties. Rather, it is described as a Windows Explorer
Command, located in C:WINDOWS. In other words, even though it is an
entry on my Start menu, it appears to be the original explorer file,
located in the Windows folder. Perhaps this is the answer to my
problem, but it is not quite what I had before, since it is not
described as a shortcut to explorer.scf.
Any comments or suggestions concerning the foregoing would be most
appreciated.
Robert Lawrence
Through a concatenation of events too convoluted to describe (but
which involved the installation and uninstalling of some new
programs), the shortcut to Windows Explorer on my Start menu (under
All Programs) no longer functions properly. It has as its target
C:\Windows\explorer.scf, and when I click on it, I get an error
message window with the title "C:\Windows\explorer.scf", and the
message "There was a problem sending the command to the program."
This shortcut, when it functioned properly, opened Windows Explorer to
my hard drive.
I can still open Windows Explorer successfully with another shortcut
located under Accessories in my Start menu. This shortcut has the
target %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe, and works fine except that it opens
Windows Explorer to My Documents, rather than to my hard drive, which
I find annoying.
One way that I can still open Windows Explorer to my hard drive is to
go into the Windows folder and click on the file called "explorer"
(NOT "explorer.exe", just "explorer"). The file explorer is
described, under its properties, as a "Windows Explorer Command", and
I believe (based on some preliminary research I have done) that it is
actually explorer.scf.
What I don't understand is why the shortcut on my start menu (which,
as noted, has as its target C:\Windows\explorer.scf), now has a
problem triggering the explorer file in the Windows folder.
I have even tried creating a new shortcut by right-clicking on the
explorer file described above (reallly explorer.scf, I think),
clicking on "Create shortcut", and then moving this new shortcut to my
start menu. However, clicking on the new shortcut (which I see also
has the target C:\Windows\explorer.scf) results in the same error
message as described above.
One way that I CAN get an item on my Start menu that does what I want
is to right-click on the explorer file mentioned above and drag it to
the front of my Start menu. This leaves the original file in the
Windows folder, and creates an entry on my Start menu that seems to
function as a shortcut but that is not designated as a shortcut under
its Properties. Rather, it is described as a Windows Explorer
Command, located in C:WINDOWS. In other words, even though it is an
entry on my Start menu, it appears to be the original explorer file,
located in the Windows folder. Perhaps this is the answer to my
problem, but it is not quite what I had before, since it is not
described as a shortcut to explorer.scf.
Any comments or suggestions concerning the foregoing would be most
appreciated.
Robert Lawrence