Re: right-click start menu items

David Candy

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Oct 29, 2005, 5:46:00 AM10/29/05

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Enable Drag n Drop in the properties in Start Menu

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>I am no longer able to right-click on anything in my "All Programs" list and
> select open, so I can have a window open to see everything in that program
> list.
> The only thing I changed was I installed Tweak UI and used it to remove the
> arrows from the shortcuts on the desktop.
>
> What do I need to change so I can start using mt right-click again?

J

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Oct 29, 2005, 6:01:01 AM10/29/05

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It is enabled. I meant to include that in the original post but for got it.

David Candy

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Oct 29, 2005, 6:42:20 AM10/29/05

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Try turning off then on, there isn't any intelligence in these routines. A wrong unexpected value may show as ticked.

What other symptoms can you find? Can you r click main start, files on the desktop, etc.

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J

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Oct 29, 2005, 6:54:02 AM10/29/05

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I tried uncheck apply then check and apply still no change.
I can right-click everywhere except in the programs list, I noticed that
explore also doesn't work.

David Candy

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Oct 29, 2005, 7:24:54 AM10/29/05

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But all others work? If so this symptom is called by a context menu extension that is faulty and is answering Explorer YES I do the open command when it doesn't. Because it only shows up here it is generally not noticed.

AVG (at least the previous version) caused this. Here's some previous instructions I wrote.

> >It's caused be third part programs. AVG anti virus is
> one.
> >Type Regedit in Start Run
> >Goto
> >
> >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMen
> uHandlers
> >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> >HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
> >
> >Export all five keys (on the File Menu) (First two keys
> apply to files, 1st, 3rd to 5th apply to folders/drives).
> Delete all two/five. What happens.

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J

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Oct 29, 2005, 8:49:03 AM10/29/05

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Deleting all five of them fixed the problem. I still have the exported
copies if I encounter a problem later that I think might be a side-effect
from the fix.

David Candy

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Oct 29, 2005, 9:03:03 AM10/29/05

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Now what you do is merge (ie double click) the file one by one. And note which file the problem reoccurs. Don't just stop here. We''ve disabled a large part of windows functionality. This is finding the exact problem one. Keep the files till I say otherwise.

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