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2 'open' options on menu

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by murray_g

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I have 2 open options on my menu when I right click on MY DOCUMENTS. The one that is in bold opens up windows explorer and is annoying. How can I correct this? I am regedit savy and feel comfortable changing keys etc.

Please advise murray.greenberger@americareny.com

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by dmiles

I am not quite sure that I understand what you are trying to do but here is an suggestion right click on my documents and when the windows opens click on the view menu and check to see if you can change the text or try clicking on the tools menu andselec options and make your changes.

by murray_g

I will try to be more explicit.
1) When I right click on the icon MY COMPUTER on my desktop I get a menu
2) The menu has a list of options
3) the 'active' option that would work when double clicking is in bold and says open but it open WINDOWS EXPLORER
4) An alternate option that is NOT bold says open and opens correctly.

Question: How do I get rid of the bolded incorrect "open" option?
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by jimbb

Aha, a registry fan... Try looking for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews. There should be a key called {5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}, which points to "file://%SystemRoot%\web\mycomp.htt", and that is the correct shortcut. All other things (like "%systemroot%explorer.exe) are not needed there, if you ask me.
However, I am not sure how something becomes the default. But at least I hope this sets you on the right track.

Jim

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