Re: Folders have wrong default action in Explorer and Desktop

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From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:31:15 +0530

For the 1st part, type REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL as an alternate solution (by David Candy) 

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"Blumf" <Blumf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:82BBF4B1-E1CF-47BD-9D45-1E10F19FDAAE@microsoft.com...
Thanks, that helped. Folders now open up as they should.
In addition to the reg keys the script blanked I also needed to blank out 
the HKCR\Folder\shell defualt value too.
"Ricky" wrote:
> See if this link helps..
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

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