Windows Explorer Details View - column options missing, presumed..

[Guest]

Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[NewScience]

Check the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3

In the right Panel you should see:

(Default) REG_SZ mp3file
Content Type REG_SZ mpeg/audio
PerceivedType REG_SZ audio

See if these old true.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Thanks for replying to my post. In answer to your question, yes, the keys
and values you describe are present in my registry in the location you
specify.
Thanks,
Si

 

[NewScience]

Go into you My Pictures folder and see if you problem still holds true?

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately yes - all the "Special Folders" have the same behaviour.
The Info tips are missing too (ie. mouse over a picture/music file) - used
to give some more information this is now missing. I'm convinced an Explorer
DLL needs to be replaced and re-registered, but which one? I don't know where
to find the list of all the DLLs and what they do. I've tried Dependency
Walker to try and find out, but Explorer seems to use... *a lot* of DLLs. I'm
hoping you know which one controls these features so I can re-register it?

 

[cherold]

I'm having this same problem, it just showed up today. Is it possible
the most recent update from Microsoft did this?

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

 

[Guest]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried the command and it completed successfully, but nothing has changed -
I am still missing the options for eg. Picture Dimensions, Bit Rate, etc. in
the Details view.
Any other ideas?
I'm a software engineer by trade, too - so you can be as techy in your
suggestions as you like
Thanks,
--Si

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

You did use the '/i' switch in the command, didn't you? I'm just double-checking because in my
testing of manually deleting the column handlers, 'regsvr32 shell32.dll' did not fix the problem,
but 'regsvr32 /i shell32.dll' did.

Here are the associated registry entries, check to see if they exist. The binary (hex(2) strings
are all the same, they should read "%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll" when viewed from RegEdit.


------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

------------------------------------------------


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried the command and it completed successfully, but nothing has changed -
I am still missing the options for eg. Picture Dimensions, Bit Rate, etc. in
the Details view.
Any other ideas?
I'm a software engineer by trade, too - so you can be as techy in your
suggestions as you like
Thanks,
--Si

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[Guest]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I did use the "/i" switch. I have checked, and all of the registry entries
you describe are present, exactly as you describe.
I am still experiencing the problem. I'm thinking of just writing a shell
extension and forcing the ones I want back in, but I think I'd like to work
out why they disappeared in the first place!
Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
--Si

You did use the '/i' switch in the command, didn't you? I'm just double-checking because in my
testing of manually deleting the column handlers, 'regsvr32 shell32.dll' did not fix the problem,
but 'regsvr32 /i shell32.dll' did.

Here are the associated registry entries, check to see if they exist. The binary (hex(2) strings
are all the same, they should read "%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll" when viewed from RegEdit.


------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

------------------------------------------------


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried the command and it completed successfully, but nothing has changed -
I am still missing the options for eg. Picture Dimensions, Bit Rate, etc. in
the Details view.
Any other ideas?
I'm a software engineer by trade, too - so you can be as techy in your
suggestions as you like
Thanks,
--Si

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[cherold]

Sorry to hear this didn't work for the person who started this thread,
but it worked for me, so thanks!

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Well drat!!!

If you have any 3rd party column handlers, you might try exporting for backup & deleting them from
the registry -- perhaps one could be interfering -- but that's just a guess.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I did use the "/i" switch. I have checked, and all of the registry entries
you describe are present, exactly as you describe.
I am still experiencing the problem. I'm thinking of just writing a shell
extension and forcing the ones I want back in, but I think I'd like to work
out why they disappeared in the first place!
Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
--Si

You did use the '/i' switch in the command, didn't you? I'm just double-checking because in my
testing of manually deleting the column handlers, 'regsvr32 shell32.dll' did not fix the problem,
but 'regsvr32 /i shell32.dll' did.

Here are the associated registry entries, check to see if they exist. The binary (hex(2)
strings
are all the same, they should read "%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll" when viewed from RegEdit.


------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

------------------------------------------------


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried the command and it completed successfully, but nothing has changed -
I am still missing the options for eg. Picture Dimensions, Bit Rate, etc. in
the Details view.
Any other ideas?
I'm a software engineer by trade, too - so you can be as techy in your
suggestions as you like
Thanks,
--Si

:

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

You're welcome. Glad it's fixed. Thanks for the feedback.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Sorry to hear this didn't work for the person who started this thread,
but it worked for me, so thanks!

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[Guest]

I uninstalled all the handlers I could find.
Then I tried the regsvr command... no luck. :-(
I might try authoring a column handler extension myself, just to do the
things I need.
Are there any other possiblities?

Well drat!!!

If you have any 3rd party column handlers, you might try exporting for backup & deleting them from
the registry -- perhaps one could be interfering -- but that's just a guess.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I did use the "/i" switch. I have checked, and all of the registry entries
you describe are present, exactly as you describe.
I am still experiencing the problem. I'm thinking of just writing a shell
extension and forcing the ones I want back in, but I think I'd like to work
out why they disappeared in the first place!
Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
--Si

You did use the '/i' switch in the command, didn't you? I'm just double-checking because in my
testing of manually deleting the column handlers, 'regsvr32 shell32.dll' did not fix the problem,
but 'regsvr32 /i shell32.dll' did.

Here are the associated registry entries, check to see if they exist. The binary (hex(2)
strings
are all the same, they should read "%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll" when viewed from RegEdit.


------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,48,00,\
45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

------------------------------------------------


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


Hi Kieth,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried the command and it completed successfully, but nothing has changed -
I am still missing the options for eg. Picture Dimensions, Bit Rate, etc. in
the Details view.
Any other ideas?
I'm a software engineer by trade, too - so you can be as techy in your
suggestions as you like
Thanks,
--Si

:

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?

 

[cherold]

Unfortunately, after fixing the problem with that regsvr32 command, it
later reverted to only the bare minimum of columns, and this time the
same command isn't doing anything. Very, very frustrating.

You're welcome. Glad it's fixed. Thanks for the feedback.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Sorry to hear this didn't work for the person who started this thread,
but it worked for me, so thanks!

Try the following:

'Start' -> 'Run' -> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll



--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


Once upon a time, if I were in a folder full of MP3s I could change to
"Details" view and then right-click the columns (or use the "View" menu to
"Choose Details...") and choose columns to show and sort on a file's bit
rate, duration, author etc.

Now for some reason I no longer get all of the possibilities, just a minimum
of 9 options (Name, Size, Type, Date Modified, Date Created, Date Accessed,
Attributes, Status & Owner) and no more. There should be about 28! Where are
they? Can I restore them?

I have tried sfc, System Restore, a reinstall of SP2, replacing shell32.dll,
explorer.exe and themeui.dll from another XP installation, but nothing seems
to help. I tried installing a new shell extension to add a custom column and
that worked, so it just seems as if all the enhancements above the default
are missing or not getting registered. I have tried using umpteen tools to
try and locate the problem. But I'm stumped, and now I turning to the experts
- can anyone help?