this is a such a strange problem, i can't even think of the proper search string to use
after installing AVG virus scanner, (maybe this is unrelated, but this is when it happened) and scanning my system, and getting rid of a number of "threats", when i open My Computer, and try to double click on any of the drive icons, i get an "Open with" / "Choose the program you want to use to open this file: C:\" dialogue box. it treats my drives as if they were unknown file types!! so i can't access my drives with double click.
when i right click on the drive icon, where "Open" and "Explore" used to be, now all i see is gibberish. the rest of the context menu is fine, and i can still access everything (e.g. right click/properties will bring up the properties of the drive). also, if i type "c:\" into the address bar, i can access the drive just fine, but double click on the drive icon doesn't work. accessing the drives from the "windows explorer" side panel works fine also.
i've had a lot of trouble finding the registry keys responsible for the drive icons in my computer. i don't know if that may be a possible solution, to redirect the icon paths to their respective drives.
anyone else run into something like this and fixed it? it's really weird, usually i find fixes to my problems through research, but i'm stumped. hope someone can help.
thanks
after installing AVG virus scanner, (maybe this is unrelated, but this is when it happened) and scanning my system, and getting rid of a number of "threats", when i open My Computer, and try to double click on any of the drive icons, i get an "Open with" / "Choose the program you want to use to open this file: C:\" dialogue box. it treats my drives as if they were unknown file types!! so i can't access my drives with double click.
when i right click on the drive icon, where "Open" and "Explore" used to be, now all i see is gibberish. the rest of the context menu is fine, and i can still access everything (e.g. right click/properties will bring up the properties of the drive). also, if i type "c:\" into the address bar, i can access the drive just fine, but double click on the drive icon doesn't work. accessing the drives from the "windows explorer" side panel works fine also.
i've had a lot of trouble finding the registry keys responsible for the drive icons in my computer. i don't know if that may be a possible solution, to redirect the icon paths to their respective drives.
anyone else run into something like this and fixed it? it's really weird, usually i find fixes to my problems through research, but i'm stumped. hope someone can help.
thanks