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the other day i wiped a virus off my computer. Ever since then I haven't been able to just double-click my hard drives in My Computer. When i do double-click it, It opens the "open with" window. So I've just been right clicking the drive and telling it to open...that works fine. Its not really a problem just a nuisance. Anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it? thanks
Sep 25 '07 #1
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epots9
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if you right or left click it still opens the contextmenu? is it only the harddrives or everything on the computer?
Sep 26 '07 #2
dafodil
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run this in your run box or command prompt:
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
Sep 27 '07 #3

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