repair file types default actions

Blizzard596 · 08-12-2006, 09:40 PM

I was poking around in the Folder Options in Windows Explorer, under File Types (Tools > Folder Options > File Types) and somehow changed the default Drive and Folders actions. Now when I double click on a drive or folder in Explorer, it opens a command prompt and if I change the default action to "Open", it opens in a separate window. How in the world do I change these back to default?

jcortes · 08-12-2006, 09:51 PM

system restore is an easy fix

Blizzard596 · 08-12-2006, 09:53 PM

Yes, when system restore is enabled.
I'm not sure why, but it was disabled :-)

jcortes · 08-12-2006, 10:16 PM

ughhh i see how it is make my life harder. see if this works

Tools > Folder Options > File Types > click File Folder icon then click advanced > under actions it should say find > then go back click the Folder icon and do the same thing and make sure its actions are set to exploerer and then second entry, open.

Blizzard596 · 08-12-2006, 10:20 PM

Ok well I see all of that but the Edit and Remove buttons are grayed out so I can't really change anything.

jcortes · 08-12-2006, 10:24 PM

under the view tab make sure you have "launch folder window in seprate process" unchecked.

Blizzard596 · 08-12-2006, 10:27 PM

"launch folder window in separate process" is unchecked.
The problem, I guess, is I can't edit or remove any actions. Only add new ones, and even at that I don't know what to add.