"Zakaria" wrote:

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> "nass" wrote:
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> > "Zakaria" wrote:
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> > > Hello
> > >
> > > Please can you help with the following:
> > >
> > > When I try to open the local drives I get the "Open With" box which wants me
> > > to select which problem to openthe local drive with. This only occures with
> > > the local hard disks. The network, optical and removal drive works fine.
> >
> > try one of these fixes:
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> > Association Fix (Restores default settings for hard drives)
> > http://dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_...iation_fix.zip
> >
> > Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
> > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm
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> > Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321186
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> > Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens when double clicking
> > a folder
> > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...older_open.htm
> > HTH.
> > nass
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> Hello
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> none of the fixes work and the problem still exists. Now when I double click
> on all the other drives they were opening fine they open the search windows
> insted of the explorer.

Try to Restore the System to an earlier date before the fixes been applied
then run the Disk Cleanup and open the run command then type in:
sfc /scannow click [OK]
Reboot your machine and see if that helped.
HTH.
nass
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