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How do I fix to right click start ?

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by dragononedon

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There's a machine at work that when you right click start, my computer and tool bar that you are unable to get properties and such to perform the task desired. This is XP, the person who has this machine is always tweaking the registry. (which is now disabled on all machines.) How can I get the right click to work again without re-loading XP?

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by tamj123

If you wish to enable the Properties command when you right click My Computer and/or My Documents, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 provides the following:

Value Name Data Type Data Value
NoPropertiesMyComputer REG_DWORD 0
NoPropertiesMyDocuments REG_DWORD 0

NOTE: a Data Value of 0, or a missing Value Name, enables the Properties command.

To set these Value Names for the current user, the key is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer

To set these Value Names for all users of the computer, the key is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer

NOTE: You may have to log off and log on for these setting to become effective.

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