Folder double-click or Open doesn't do anything

Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others
are working normally.

If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or
double click, nothing happens. However, if I
right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore
window opens displaying the contents.

Any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Dave

thanatoid
Tue May 06 21:02:32 PDT 2008

dave xnet <davexnet02DEL@ETEyahoo.com> wrote in
news:p3v12417boi890viht782bejbmhki7t1j9@4ax.com:

> Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others
> are working normally.
>
> If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or
> double click, nothing happens. However, if I
> right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore
> window opens displaying the contents.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
> Thanks,
> Dave

I have never personally run across this, but:

Is/has it ALWAYS been like this? Does it continue like that
after a complete reboot?

It's Windows. We should be grateful it works at all. (I
suppose).

You might consider getting a real file manager. I bought, use
constantly (you would not believe what it can do) and recommend
the one from www.ghisler.com, or a free (but missing some
advanced features) ripoff called "free commander". Google. There
are about a hundred others.

--
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but
to be overcome--to be got over.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

PCR
Fri May 09 18:04:32 PDT 2008

dave xnet wrote:
| Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others
| are working normally.

(1) Is it always the same folders that are abnormal?
(2) Which are they, then, & what are their Properties?
(3) Can you close & reopen Explorer to fix it?
(4) Does a reboot fix it?

| If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or
| double click, nothing happens. However, if I
| right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore
| window opens displaying the contents.
|
| Any thoughts on this?

(1) "Start button, Settings, Folder Options".
Switch from style to style to jog a setting. But, in the end,
Web style is to be avoided.

(2) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is
indicated.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=194177
Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool

| Thanks,
| Dave

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net

dave
Thu May 15 15:24:57 PDT 2008

On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:04:32 -0400, "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote:

>dave xnet wrote:
>| Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others
>| are working normally.
>
>(1) Is it always the same folders that are abnormal?
>(2) Which are they, then, & what are their Properties?
>(3) Can you close & reopen Explorer to fix it?
>(4) Does a reboot fix it?
>
>| If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or
>| double click, nothing happens. However, if I
>| right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore
>| window opens displaying the contents.
>|
>| Any thoughts on this?
>
>(1) "Start button, Settings, Folder Options".
> Switch from style to style to jog a setting. But, in the end,
> Web style is to be avoided.
>
>(2) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
> It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
>are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is
>indicated.
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=194177
>Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool
>
>| Thanks,
>| Dave
Wasn't able to fix it by playing with folder options.
I remembered that I had an ancient Windows 95
install on this machine, it's in a 600MB hidden
partiton.

I booted it up and checked he registry at
hkey-classes-root/Folder and exported it.
Checked it against Windows 98 and found the follwoing difference
at location Hkey_classes_root\folder\shell\open\ddexec:

windows 98
@="[ViewFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"

Windows 95
@="[ViewFolder(%l, %I, %S)]"

As soon as I changed it to the Win95 value,
the problem was fixed.

Gary
Thu May 15 16:10:25 PDT 2008

Sounds to me like the problem wasn't fixed, only a symptom. Sounds to me
like you have a mis-matched file(s) there. What did you
install/update/uninstall around the time this behavior started?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"dave xnet" <davexnet02DEL@ETEyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cvap2414i77aplsljp73gtgrakg98k8ik9@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 9 May 2008 21:04:32 -0400, "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote:
>
>>dave xnet wrote:
>>| Some of the folders have this odd behavior while others
>>| are working normally.
>>
>>(1) Is it always the same folders that are abnormal?
>>(2) Which are they, then, & what are their Properties?
>>(3) Can you close & reopen Explorer to fix it?
>>(4) Does a reboot fix it?
>>
>>| If I attempt to open (right click/Open) or
>>| double click, nothing happens. However, if I
>>| right click/explore, it operates normally and the explore
>>| window opens displaying the contents.
>>|
>>| Any thoughts on this?
>>
>>(1) "Start button, Settings, Folder Options".
>> Switch from style to style to jog a setting. But, in the end,
>> Web style is to be avoided.
>>
>>(2) "START, Run, MSInfo32, Tools menu, IE Repair Tool"
>> It produces a rather large "Fix IE Log.txt" in C:\Windows. IE & E
>>are basically one & the same. If this crashes, an over-install of IE is
>>indicated.
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=194177
>>Description of the Internet Explorer Repair Tool
>>
>>| Thanks,
>>| Dave
> Wasn't able to fix it by playing with folder options.
> I remembered that I had an ancient Windows 95
> install on this machine, it's in a 600MB hidden
> partiton.
>
> I booted it up and checked he registry at
> hkey-classes-root/Folder and exported it.
> Checked it against Windows 98 and found the follwoing difference
> at location Hkey_classes_root\folder\shell\open\ddexec:
>
> windows 98
> @="[ViewFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
>
> Windows 95
> @="[ViewFolder(%l, %I, %S)]"
>
> As soon as I changed it to the Win95 value,
> the problem was fixed.

dave
Thu May 15 17:19:44 PDT 2008

On Thu, 15 May 2008 16:10:25 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote:

>Sounds to me like the problem wasn't fixed, only a symptom. Sounds to me
>like you have a mis-matched file(s) there. What did you
>install/update/uninstall around the time this behavior started?
Hello Gary,
unfortunately, very difficult to tell.
The machine is seldom used, just a few old games my
kids play. I did recently go through a cycle of the video
driver (ATI Radeon catalyst) and Via 4in1, chipset drivers,
but I think it may have existed before, just not certain.

One other thing I updated recently was the
Microsoft foundation class MFC redistributable VC++ from 2005,
but I can't swear the problem didn't already exist
before that either. I did this because the Norton registry
search tool was crashing in mfc42??.dll - (it still crashes after
running the VC++ update)

It's just a few folders - reboot doesn't affect it, I've tried
scandisk and and Nortons Disk Doctor (I've had NU2000 installed for
years - not running real time progs)

Now it seems I've installed a value from Windows 95, and at the
moment, it appears as if it's fixed.

PCR - thanks for pointing out the registry information.

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