I cannot open widnows folders from desktop

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I think I had the same problem on one limited account of my windows xp too
about a week ago. try this run regedit and expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand
control panel and try to see if there's a "don't load" file right below the
"desktop" file. delete it! explore HKEY_CURRENT_USER for more "don't load"
files

"Clueless in LA" wrote:

> I'm using Windows XP Home and had no trouble until the past week. I cannot
> open Windows folders (My Documents, My Computer, etc.) from the Start Menu,
> the Desktop icons or the task bar. When double clicked, or right clicked and
> then clicking on "Open" results in a brief disappearance of all desktop icons
> and then their reapperance without an error message. The folders can be
> opened by right clicking and going to "explore" instead of "open". Once into
> the Windows Explorer tree, all works fine. I can open non-Windows programs
> from the Desktop in the usual way.
>
> Windows Restore did not help.
>

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See if this caused by a shell extension. Follow "Method 2" here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm (Ignore the title)

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"Clueless in LA" <CluelessinLA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:775FE010-4782-425E-BFE8-67B82A172F49@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Windows XP Home and had no trouble until the past week. I
> cannot
> open Windows folders (My Documents, My Computer, etc.) from the Start
> Menu,
> the Desktop icons or the task bar. When double clicked, or right clicked
> and
> then clicking on "Open" results in a brief disappearance of all desktop
> icons
> and then their reapperance without an error message. The folders can be
> opened by right clicking and going to "explore" instead of "open". Once
> into
> the Windows Explorer tree, all works fine. I can open non-Windows
> programs
> from the Desktop in the usual way.
>
> Windows Restore did not help.
>

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Could it be that your default action for folders/directories is incorrectly
set? Tools\Folder Options\File Types....in Windows Explorer.

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"Clueless in LA" <CluelessinLA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:775FE010-4782-425E-BFE8-67B82A172F49@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Windows XP Home and had no trouble until the past week. I
cannot
> open Windows folders (My Documents, My Computer, etc.) from the Start
Menu,
> the Desktop icons or the task bar. When double clicked, or right clicked
and
> then clicking on "Open" results in a brief disappearance of all desktop
icons
> and then their reapperance without an error message. The folders can be
> opened by right clicking and going to "explore" instead of "open". Once
into
> the Windows Explorer tree, all works fine. I can open non-Windows
programs
> from the Desktop in the usual way.
>
> Windows Restore did not help.
>

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Thanks, but it didn't help. More info: the problem only occurs with one User
Account, the others and new ones work fine. A work-around would be to create
a new user account and transfer all programs and documents from the corrupted
account, and then just delete the culprit account. Is there a simple way to
basically create a new User Account and dump all the programs and documents
into this?
Thanks.

"Clueless in LA" wrote:

> I'm using Windows XP Home and had no trouble until the past week. I cannot
> open Windows folders (My Documents, My Computer, etc.) from the Start Menu,
> the Desktop icons or the task bar. When double clicked, or right clicked and
> then clicking on "Open" results in a brief disappearance of all desktop icons
> and then their reapperance without an error message. The folders can be
> opened by right clicking and going to "explore" instead of "open". Once into
> the Windows Explorer tree, all works fine. I can open non-Windows programs
> from the Desktop in the usual way.
>
> Windows Restore did not help.
>

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Clueless in LA wrote:

> Thanks, but it didn't help. More info: the problem only occurs with one User
> Account, the others and new ones work fine. A work-around would be to create
> a new user account and transfer all programs and documents from the corrupted
> account, and then just delete the culprit account. Is there a simple way to
> basically create a new User Account and dump all the programs and documents
> into this?
> Thanks.
>
> "Clueless in LA" wrote:
>

How to Copy a User Profile
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_logon.htm

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