many thanks to XP-erience member lisaleese for finding this site
http://www.dougknox.com
the offending key is
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews\{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
I’ve managed to get common folder tasks on my desktop (again) there must be another way to sort this out other than restore. All I did was try out the new style
of start menu for a few days then went back to classic, this is when it happened.
The time before that I removed all the desktop items (to show off pretty wallpaper)
By right clicking on the desktop / arrange icons by / show desktop items – untick, reboot then put the icons back. The time before that I removed My Computer icon from the desktop (to stop my kids from having full access) later put it back using
display properties, that was the first time it happened. So it would seem the problem is in the removal of My Computer from the desktop. Each time I’ve had to use restore to correct the problem. I’ve trawled through the registry looking for a clue
and tried all the usual avenues, this is really annoying.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
See pic
http://www.dougknox.com
the offending key is
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews\{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
I’ve managed to get common folder tasks on my desktop (again) there must be another way to sort this out other than restore. All I did was try out the new style
of start menu for a few days then went back to classic, this is when it happened.
The time before that I removed all the desktop items (to show off pretty wallpaper)
By right clicking on the desktop / arrange icons by / show desktop items – untick, reboot then put the icons back. The time before that I removed My Computer icon from the desktop (to stop my kids from having full access) later put it back using
display properties, that was the first time it happened. So it would seem the problem is in the removal of My Computer from the desktop. Each time I’ve had to use restore to correct the problem. I’ve trawled through the registry looking for a clue
and tried all the usual avenues, this is really annoying.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
See pic