Interesting Prob. open from start menu = MOVE ITEMS dialog

Hello I have an interesting problem occuring on my WinXP machine. Whenever I double click a folder in the start menu, I get a "Move Items" dialog box asking where I want to move that folder. I have to then click cancel, which causes the folder to open up like it should normally. What could be causing this problem and how can I fix it? Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT: The problem also happens when I right click a folder and select any of these: Open, Open All Users, Explore, and Explore All Users. Does NOT happen when I right click and Open actual shortcuts (not folders). Also will only happen after Start > All Programs > then a folder

 

This is usually a side-effect of using a registry tweak or tweaking program to add "Copy To" and/or "Move To" to the context menu.

To solve the problem, remove these 2 entries from the context menu in the same way that you added them.

Use FileTargets instead of those 2 entries to remove this annoyance. This page:

http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp

 

Thank you for your reply. I have used a move/copy to utility.... actually many now that im thinking about it. many i have already used the uninstall utilitiy to remove. i have kept filetargets on the machine. is there a way I can remove these entries by using the registry?.. and then reinstall filetargets to put (working) entires back?

 

The keys added to the registry are located here:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ AllFilesystemObjects \ shellex \ ContextMenuHandlers \

If the tweakers you used modified these, just remove the "Copy To" and the "Move To" entries.

If these are not the ones you added, what programs did you use?

 

Removed both of those registry keys and the problem is solved. I will now install FileTargets to get back working copy and move to links. Thanks for everyones help!

EDIT: I mean thank you to Abraxas for your help.

 

You're welcome. One more of life's small annoyances removed