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Title: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 03, 2008, 12:59:12 PM: XP SP 3 when I go to "My Computer" and click on the partioned Hard drive C or D I always get the "Open with ..." window instead of a window with all the files.
I need to copy some files to CD but can't access them

Any ideas anyone Thank you
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 03, 2008, 09:40:55 PM: Download drive.reg: http://technize.com/content/downloads/drive.reg to your desktop.
Double click on downloaded file, and allow registry merge.
Restart computer.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 04, 2008, 09:59:15 AM: I downloaded drive.reg ran it ;a window says it is now in your registry; I restarted and it still comes up with Open with....

Thanks; where can we go from here please?

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 04, 2008, 10:46:06 PM: Try here: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_you_double-click_your_C_drive_it_gives_you_an_option_to_choose_a_program_to_open_with._What_can_you_do_to_open_it_by_double-clicking
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 01:37:09 PM: Thanks Broni but no Luck....no virus files were found

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 03:20:21 PM: Did you go through all those steps, including registry modifications?
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 04:12:50 PM: There was no MS32DLL to remove nor "Hacked by Godzilla" Also next step windows cannot find "gpedit.msc" even though typed correctly.
That's where I bog down.

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 04:17:59 PM: Continue with Extended Solution section, which is the most important part.
I can't do this for you....
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 06:40:25 PM: Thanks for your patients Broni; I just thought you had to do each step first before you could go on,,,
Made the regfix file in Wordpad now get the message "the file is not a registry script file

Can only import binary files from within the registary
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 06:57:02 PM: It has to be text file. Notepad is better to do it. Make sure, you save that file as regfix.reg
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 08:10:15 PM: The registry is now over copied...however when i click on C Drive in "my Computer" it still comes up with "open with" window

Something NEW, when I open CD-Burner XP it shows all the files when I look at drive C to burn an ISO image, etc

Does this help
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 08:26:56 PM: Quote
The registry is now over copied
Did you restart computer?
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 08:33:50 PM: Re-started computer and same/same
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 08:47:35 PM: I assume, you copied this whole text:

Quote
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive]
@="Drive"
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\DefaultIcon]
@=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,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\ 65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,38,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find]
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\command]
@=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,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder("%l", %I)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
@="File Folder"
"AlwaysShowExt"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00
"InfoTip"="prop:DocComments"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@="{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\DefaultIcon]
@=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,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find]
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\command]
@=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,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder("%l", %I)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

to Notepad, and saved it as .reg file, correct?
...and you didn't miss a single line?
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 08:50:50 PM: I think everything was done correctly but I'll do it again

Thanks so much
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 08:56:08 PM: No harm done, if you re-do.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 09:07:43 PM: I am opening the NEW regfix. by double clicking and it gives the same error message as before
so I copied all to Notepad to try and over write the reg but it won't let me either way.

Yet I can look at drive d and c with CD Burner XP. These are both one physical drive.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 09:19:29 PM: Maybe you're doing something wrong.
Select all text inside the quote in my post #13, right click, and click "Copy".
Open Notepad, right click on any empty space inside, and click "Paste".
Go File>Save As, and save it as regfix.reg to some known location, like desktop.
Now, close all windows, and double click on regfix.reg. Allow registry merge.
Restart computer.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 09:54:21 PM: It starts with [HKEY , Not with "Windows Registry Editor... " right ? and ends with @="AppProperties" correct?
Any way I have done it with both beginnings and the left double click ONLY opens the wordpad OR the
Notepad file...Nothing else happens
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 10:03:38 PM: No, a whole piece, starting with "Windows registry editor".
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 10:18:00 PM: Ok, Done double click still only opens Wordpad orNotepad; restarted...nada
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: BC_Programmer on October 05, 2008, 10:24:02 PM: save as .REG- sounds like it's being saved as .TXT or .REG.TXT
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 05, 2008, 10:35:23 PM: So I right clicked on regfix and it was set to open with Wordpad so I changed to registry editor That seemed to change the name regedit under the icon to regedit.reg but still can't open drive C etc
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 05, 2008, 10:37:24 PM: Quote
save as .REG- sounds like it's being saved as .TXT or .REG.TXT
You must be doing something wrong here.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 08, 2008, 05:54:48 PM: Who is this BC Programmer and where did the (capitalized) .REG come from? Ionly mentioned regfix.reg...
By the way I downloaded the file "drive" as requested earlier and it did incorporate itself into the registry

When you click on drive C or D (one partitioned Harddrive) it still opens the window "open with..."

Some one must have an answer out there please

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: ALAN_BR on October 09, 2008, 11:37:35 AM: Hi

Notepad has a pitfall with the "Save As" option :-

If you stipulate a file as regfix.reg,
Notepad will automatically create regfix.reg.TXT,
and to avoid this you should go below the File Name box
and use the "Save as Type" box,
and switch from the default "Text documents (*.txt)"
to the "All Files" mode.

When I right click on a file called regfix.reg.TXT, the "Open With" options include
Notepad and Wordpad, but do NOT include Registry Editor.

When I right click on a file regfix.REG, the "Open With" options include
Notepad and Registry Editor, but do NOT include Registry Editor.

Your final question was "(capitalized) .REG come from? "
Do not worry about it.
Capital letters were only used to emphasise 3 very significant characters.

Regards
Alan
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 09, 2008, 02:00:03 PM: Txs Alan
The "save as type" change to "all files" allowed it resolve the registry. Well done...

I restarted the computer but It still gives the "open with..." window when you try to see your files

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 09, 2008, 02:15:52 PM: Try this: http://www.troublefixers.com/not-able-to-open-drives-on-hard-disk-by-double-click/
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 09, 2008, 07:37:36 PM: Thanks Broni for sticking in there ...It was a virus

PROBLEM SOLVED

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 09, 2008, 07:39:51 PM: Aha! Thanks for posting back :)
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: patio on October 09, 2008, 07:47:34 PM: What virus and how was this determined ? ?
We're curious like that... ;D
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 09, 2008, 07:50:49 PM: see reply #28 I believe...
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 09, 2008, 07:52:19 PM: Sorry reply #27 from Broni

Heinz
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 09, 2008, 07:54:12 PM: OK. It's not clear.
You had a virus, which was cured, and THEN you used fix from my link, or....?
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 09, 2008, 07:56:56 PM: Yes, the fix from your link fixed the problem. The link suggests that "autorun.inf" is a virus?no?
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 09, 2008, 08:24:44 PM: Yeah, virus leftover.
Are you sure, your computer is clean, now?
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: heinz57 on October 09, 2008, 09:12:40 PM: How can I be relatively sure...? I run AVG daily...
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on October 09, 2008, 09:18:09 PM: Download HijackThis:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download (http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download)
Click on Download HijackThis Installer
Post HijackTHis log.

I'll take initial look.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: ALAN_BR on October 11, 2008, 08:46:39 AM: Quote from: ALAN_BR on October 09, 2008, 11:37:35 AM

When I right click on a file regfix.REG, the "Open With" options include
Notepad and Registry Editor, but do NOT include Registry Editor.

OOPS

I did a copy / paste / correct / preview and it looked O.K. before I posted.

I now see it went wrong somehow - it should read :-

When I right click on a file regfix.REG, the "Open With" options include
Notepad and Registry Editor, but do NOT include Wordpad.

Regards
Alan
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: gonib on October 13, 2009, 05:59:39 AM: Go to command prompt and write this command
c:\> attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
c:\> del autorun.inf
d:\> attrib -r -s -h autorun.inf
d:\> del autorun.inf
restart the pc
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: JESSIE Kropf on January 13, 2010, 11:00:51 PM: why dont you just download avast? actually your pc is suffering from trojan.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: dvdreplication on January 14, 2010, 01:05:31 AM: I prefer you to resinstall the operating system since you have missed some files while copying files during thre installation.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Broni on January 14, 2010, 09:56:27 AM: This thread is THREE months old.
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: patio on January 14, 2010, 09:59:02 AM: And prior to that over a Year old...
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: Allan on January 14, 2010, 09:59:30 AM: Quote from: Broni on January 14, 2010, 09:56:27 AM
This thread is THREE months old.
Yeah, but great advice is always welcome 8)
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 14, 2010, 10:11:08 AM: Quote from: Allan on January 14, 2010, 09:59:30 AM
Yeah, but great advice is always welcome 8)
Not on Thursdays. >:(
Title: Re: Can't see files on Hard Drive
Post by: patio on January 14, 2010, 10:15:06 AM: PM sent...