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375153 2005-07-27 23:22:00 Am I supposed to copy/paste the last line too?............

Echo Default File Associations Restored
SurferJoe46 (51)
375154 2005-07-27 23:25:00 For the love of freakin god.

Right click an icon,see if search is listed on the top of the drop-down menu,if so there is ya freakin reason for it searching by default.
Metla (12)
375155 2005-07-27 23:34:00 I understand what's happening, and yes, the top (default) is SEARCH...but how do I repair it? I ran the batch file ^^^above here, and I am gonna try a restart to see if it works, so far it hasn't.... SurferJoe46 (51)
375156 2005-07-27 23:39:00 Oh....for some reason I figured you had me on ignore....Lmao.

Anyhow, if the above batch file doesn't work (which I doubt because it isn't a file association error) then do a google for editing the right click menu and remove search from the top of teh list.

If it refuses to go then you have to reset a few values,starting with these.

Steps:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type in the run box: regedit
4. Click OK
5. When regedit opens, go to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shell

6. Click Modify on the Edit menu
7. Type none in the Value data box
8. Click OK
9. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\drive\shell

10. Click Modify on the Edit menu
11. Type none in the Value data box
12. Click OK
13. Close regedit
Metla (12)
375157 2005-07-27 23:47:00 OK.....Let me start with Google...l8tr SurferJoe46 (51)
375158 2005-07-28 02:24:00 I found the answer . . . and it works! :thumbs:

I went to a site I forgot about and found the batch file to change to right click menu . . . in this case to restore the "OPEN FOLDER" was the default .

Here's the site . ( . kellys-korner-xp . com/xp_tweaks2 . htm" target="_blank">www . kellys-korner-xp . com) that did it .

Thanks for all the help . . and by the way, I also found the repair for my computer name there too . It is correctly named now .
SurferJoe46 (51)
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