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Old 02-27-2007, 12:30 AM
sora
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Windows right click menus problem!

Hi,

When I double click my C and D Drive nothing happens. A popup
window comes up said that:

Please go to Control Panel to install and configure system
components.

*This is due to the fact that the default double click
action is autoplay not open.
*Right click menus highlight and bold the autoplay action
on the top of open action.

My question is:


How do I change the items found in the right click menu?
How do I reassign a double click to open rather than it's
existing function?
Anyone expert can tell me the steps by steps to recover the
default settings back?


Thank you for your help.

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Old 02-27-2007, 03:45 AM
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RE: Windows right click menus problem!

Could be possible that you have accidentally placed an Autorun.inf file on
the root of both drives. You need check for that file and delete them.

1. Open My Computer - click Tools - Folder Options
2. Enable "Show hidden files and folders".
3. Right-click on C Drive and choose Open.
4. Look for that file on the root and delete it. Do the same for another
drive.
5. Restart or Log Off and Log In again for changes to take effect.

Hope this help, let us know!

"sora" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I double click my C and D Drive nothing happens. A popup
> window comes up said that:
>
> Please go to Control Panel to install and configure system
> components.
>
> *This is due to the fact that the default double click
> action is autoplay not open.
> *Right click menus highlight and bold the autoplay action
> on the top of open action.
>
> My question is:
>
>
> How do I change the items found in the right click menu?
> How do I reassign a double click to open rather than it's
> existing function?
> Anyone expert can tell me the steps by steps to recover the
> default settings back?
>
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>

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Old 02-27-2007, 05:00 AM
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Re: Windows right click menus problem!


> Could be possible that you have accidentally placed an Autorun.inf file on
> the root of both drives. You need check for that file and delete them.
>
> 1. Open My Computer - click Tools - Folder Options
> 2. Enable "Show hidden files and folders".
> 3. Right-click on C Drive and choose Open.
> 4. Look for that file on the root and delete it. Do the same for another
> drive.
> 5. Restart or Log Off and Log In again for changes to take effect.
>
> Hope this help, let us know!


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for your help but it seems never take any effect!
I can't find any Autorun.inf file in Drive C even D.
What can i do next?
Is there some thing goes wrong with my computer's registry?

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Old 02-27-2007, 06:00 AM
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Re: Windows right click menus problem!

As I already told you that Symptoms are due to Autorun.inf. Did you enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders? Also uncheck "Hide protected operating system
files (Recommended)" option. Read the article below:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoruninf.htm

Hope this help, let us know!


"sora" wrote:

>
> > Could be possible that you have accidentally placed an Autorun.inf file on
> > the root of both drives. You need check for that file and delete them.
> >
> > 1. Open My Computer - click Tools - Folder Options
> > 2. Enable "Show hidden files and folders".
> > 3. Right-click on C Drive and choose Open.
> > 4. Look for that file on the root and delete it. Do the same for another
> > drive.
> > 5. Restart or Log Off and Log In again for changes to take effect.
> >
> > Hope this help, let us know!

>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thanks for your help but it seems never take any effect!
> I can't find any Autorun.inf file in Drive C even D.
> What can i do next?
> Is there some thing goes wrong with my computer's registry?
>
>

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Old 02-28-2007, 03:45 AM
sora
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Re: Windows right click menus problem!

On Feb 27, 9:50 pm, RajKohli <RajKo...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> As I already told you that Symptoms are due to Autorun.inf. Did you enable
> Show Hidden Files and Folders? Also uncheck "Hide protected operating system
> files (Recommended)" option. Read the article below:
>
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoruninf.htm
>
> Hope this help, let us know!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh I know the problem of why i didnt see the autorun.inf is i didnt
uncheck the "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"
option.

my drive goes back to original setting after deleting that inf file.
Thanks a lot and have a nice day.

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Old 02-28-2007, 06:15 AM
RajKohli
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Re: Windows right click menus problem!

You're ALL-WAYS Welcome.

"sora" wrote:

>
> > Could be possible that you have accidentally placed an Autorun.inf file on
> > the root of both drives. You need check for that file and delete them.
> >
> > 1. Open My Computer - click Tools - Folder Options
> > 2. Enable "Show hidden files and folders".
> > 3. Right-click on C Drive and choose Open.
> > 4. Look for that file on the root and delete it. Do the same for another
> > drive.
> > 5. Restart or Log Off and Log In again for changes to take effect.
> >
> > Hope this help, let us know!

>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thanks for your help but it seems never take any effect!
> I can't find any Autorun.inf file in Drive C even D.
> What can i do next?
> Is there some thing goes wrong with my computer's registry?
>
>

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