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Re: Laptop Problems.
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2008, 10:41:53 PM »
Actually, in Vista the key location is little bit different:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

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Re: Laptop Problems.
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2008, 09:08:13 AM »
XP has a ContextMenuHandlers key too- but I take it you don't have a DragDropHandlers key either.
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    Re: Laptop Problems.
    « Reply #17 on: September 29, 2008, 05:23:51 PM »
    Actually, in Vista the key location is little bit different:
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

    Key attached...
    The key didn't work. Everything was still the same after I clicked the .reg and all. I took a picture of that place in the regedit.



    Interesting... those are all regarded as folders...


    Strange how things are getting worse though- It's safe to assume that you haven't done any further dabbling in the registry (changing settings in an attempt to resolve your issues, for example?)
    I tried another .reg file in this other thread. It's attached. Applications and winrar work it's only folders on the desktop and the options in the start menu that stopped working. Everything that doesn't work when clicked on on the start menu is here though everything in All Programs works:


    Also I found something weird about the compressed zip folder I made on the desktop. Whereas I can't drag anything into a regular folder it let me drag the .reg file into it even though the .reg stayed on the desktop it copied it into it.

    I also have tried the .reg file at this site. The FD32.zip
    http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/18/fix-vista-unable-to-rename-or-move-files-and-folders-issues-after-applying-kb938979-patch/

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    Re: Laptop Problems.
    « Reply #18 on: September 29, 2008, 09:45:24 PM »
    Also I found something weird about the compressed zip folder I made on the desktop. Whereas I can't drag anything into a regular folder it let me drag the .reg file into it even though the .reg stayed on the desktop it copied it into it.

    That isn't really that weird- a compressed folder is actually a ZIP file and so the dragdrophandler (well, contextmenuhandler for vista) for .ZIP files will be invoked...

    I seea dragdrophandlers key in there now- (beneath ContextMenuHandlers) what is within that key?
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      « Reply #19 on: September 30, 2008, 07:06:26 PM »
      Also I found something weird about the compressed zip folder I made on the desktop. Whereas I can't drag anything into a regular folder it let me drag the .reg file into it even though the .reg stayed on the desktop it copied it into it.

      That isn't really that weird- a compressed folder is actually a ZIP file and so the dragdrophandler (well, contextmenuhandler for vista) for .ZIP files will be invoked...

      I seea dragdrophandlers key in there now- (beneath ContextMenuHandlers) what is within that key?
      Here you are:

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      « Reply #20 on: September 30, 2008, 09:05:19 PM »
      hmm, you have the same CLSID as I do under DragDropHandlers...


      This one has me stumped windows won't do what the registry so clearly has set forth.

      one last ditch set of commands you could try:

      regsvr32 shell32.dll
      regsvr32 shdocvw.dll

      failing that (might work- was worth a shot in my book)

      Have you tried "SFC /scannow" in command prompt, or a repair install of Windows Vista?
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        « Reply #21 on: September 30, 2008, 09:25:08 PM »
        hmm, you have the same CLSID as I do under DragDropHandlers...


        This one has me stumped windows won't do what the registry so clearly has set forth.

        one last ditch set of commands you could try:

        regsvr32 shell32.dll
        regsvr32 shdocvw.dll

        failing that (might work- was worth a shot in my book)

        Have you tried "SFC /scannow" in command prompt, or a repair install of Windows Vista?
        Got an error on that second command.


        Gonna try the SFC right now.

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        « Reply #22 on: September 30, 2008, 10:51:46 PM »
        Don't worry about that error dialog- probably just a change between XP and Vista I suppose.

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          « Reply #23 on: October 01, 2008, 07:54:41 PM »
          The log is over 7 mb long and won't let me attach it plus when I try to paste everything in the log into a message on here to post it freezes my computer then times out the post when I try to post it.

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          « Reply #24 on: October 02, 2008, 09:21:57 AM »
          umm... what log are we talking about?
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            « Reply #25 on: October 02, 2008, 03:39:40 PM »
            umm... what log are we talking about?
            The log of the "SFC /scannow"

            POQ 1 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:25:45, Info                  CSI    0000000d [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:25:46, Info                  CSI    0000000e [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:25:46, Info                  CSI    0000000f [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:25:48, Info                  CSI    00000010 Repair results created:
            POQ 2 starts:
             
            POQ 2 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:25:48, Info                  CSI    00000011 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:25:49, Info                  CSI    00000012 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:25:49, Info                  CSI    00000013 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:25:54, Info                  CSI    00000014 Repair results created:
            POQ 3 starts:
             
            POQ 3 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:25:54, Info                  CSI    00000015 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:25:55, Info                  CSI    00000016 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:25:55, Info                  CSI    00000017 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:26:01, Info                  CSI    00000018 Repair results created:
            POQ 4 starts:
             
            POQ 4 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:26:01, Info                  CSI    00000019 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:26:01, Info                  CSI    0000001a [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:26:01, Info                  CSI    0000001b [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:26:10, Info                  CSI    0000001c Repair results created:

            POQ 5 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:26:10, Info                  CSI    0000001d [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:26:11, Info                  CSI    0000001e [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:26:11, Info                  CSI    0000001f [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:26:22, Info                  CSI    00000020 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:64{32}]"\??\C:\Windows\Branding\Shellbrd" in component Microsoft-Windows-Branding-Shell-HomeBasic, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:22, Info                  CSI    00000021 Repair results created:

            POQ 6 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:26:22, Info                  CSI    00000022 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:26:23, Info                  CSI    00000023 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:26:23, Info                  CSI    00000024 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:26:31, Info                  CSI    00000025 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [ml:14{7},l:12{6}]"\??\C:" in component Microsoft-Windows-Client-Features-Default-Security, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:31, Info                  CSI    00000026 Repair results created:

            POQ 7 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:26:31, Info                  CSI    00000027 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:26:32, Info                  CSI    00000028 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:26:32, Info                  CSI    00000029 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:26:39, Info                  CSI    0000002a Repair results created:


            P
            2008-09-30 22:26:39, Info                  CSI    OQ 8 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:26:39, Info                  CSI    0000002b [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:26:40, Info                  CSI    0000002c [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:26:40, Info                  CSI    0000002d [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:26:47, Info                  CSI    0000002e Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\ja-JP" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"ja-JP", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:48, Info                  CSI    0000002f Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\pl-PL" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"pl-PL", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:48, Info                  CSI    00000030 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\es-ES" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"es-ES", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:50, Info                  CSI    00000031 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\nb-NO" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"nb-NO", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:55, Info                  CSI    00000032 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\et-EE" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"et-EE", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:26:57, Info                  CSI    00000033 Repair results created:

            POQ 9 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:26:57, Info                  CSI    00000034 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:26:57, Info                  CSI    00000035 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:26:57, Info                  CSI    00000036 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:27:05, Info                  CSI    00000037 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\pt-PT" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"pt-PT", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:27:05, Info                  CSI    00000038 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:68{34}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\sr-Latn-CS" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:20{10}]"sr-Latn-CS", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:27:12, Info                  CSI    00000039 Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\th-TH" in component Microsoft-Windows-comdlg32.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"th-TH", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:27:12, Info                  CSI    0000003a Repair results created:

            POQ 10 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:27:12, Info                  CSI    0000003b [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:27:13, Info                  CSI    0000003c [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:27:13, Info                  CSI    0000003d [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:27:26, Info                  CSI    0000003e Repair results created:

            POQ 11 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:27:26, Info                  CSI    0000003f [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:27:26, Info                  CSI    00000040 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:27:26, Info                  CSI    00000041 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:27:43, Info                  CSI    00000042 Repair results created:

            POQ 12 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:27:43, Info                  CSI    00000043 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:27:44, Info                  CSI    00000044 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:27:44, Info                  CSI    00000045 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:27:57, Info                  CSI    00000046 Repair results created:

            POQ 13 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:27:57, Info                  CSI    00000047 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:27:57, Info                  CSI    00000048 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:27:57, Info                  CSI    00000049 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:28:25, Info                  CSI    0000004a Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:58{29}]"\??\C:\Windows\System32\en-US" in component Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Default-Security.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:28:26, Info                  CSI    0000004b Ignoring duplicate ownership for file [l:120{60}]"\??\C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\en-US" in component Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Default-Security.Resources, Version = 6.0.6000.16386, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL (0), Culture = [l:10{5}]"en-US", VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral

            2008-09-30 22:28:36, Info                  CSI    0000004c Repair results created:

            POQ 14 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:28:36, Info                  CSI    0000004d [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:28:36, Info                  CSI    0000004e [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:28:36, Info                  CSI    0000004f [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:29:20, Info                  CSI    00000050 Repair results created:

            POQ 15 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:29:20, Info                  CSI    00000051 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:29:21, Info                  CSI    00000052 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:29:21, Info                  CSI    00000053 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:30:04, Info                  CSI    00000054 Repair results created:

            POQ 16 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:30:04, Info                  CSI    00000055 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:30:05, Info                  CSI    00000056 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:30:05, Info                  CSI    00000057 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:30:16, Info                  CSI    00000058 Repair results created:

            POQ 17 ends.
            2008-09-30 22:30:16, Info                  CSI    00000059 [SR] Verify complete
            2008-09-30 22:30:16, Info                  CSI    0000005a [SR] Verifying 100 (0x00000064) components
            2008-09-30 22:30:16, Info                  CSI    0000005b [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
            2008-09-30 22:30:25, Info                  CSI    0000005c Repair results created:




            Goes to 54 if you want me to post it all.

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              Re: Laptop Problems.
              « Reply #26 on: October 03, 2008, 01:14:11 PM »
              bump for hoping someone will come up in a day or two with a fix for the folders so that I don't lose everything on my laptop by reformatting.  :-[

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                Re: Laptop Problems.
                « Reply #27 on: October 03, 2008, 04:27:30 PM »
                Could a process running maybe prevent the folders from opening? I have a picture here with all my current processes running for if anyone looks suspicious to you.

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                Re: Laptop Problems.
                « Reply #28 on: October 03, 2008, 07:46:52 PM »
                Did you try to run:
                sfc /scannow

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                  Re: Laptop Problems.
                  « Reply #29 on: October 08, 2008, 03:40:24 PM »
                  Did you try to run:
                  sfc /scannow
                  That was the log from the sfc /scannow.

                  I reformatted my laptop and works fine so that's that.