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A person with a problem is asking :
How to Repair Blue Links Within Folders ?
Links within folders ?

Hi just wondered if anyone could help.....not been really lucky on this one.......'The blue links within folders.......'My Computer & My Documents' don't open anymore & sure they did before.
O/S WinME ......

Sure I need a file or something.........a program ?
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I would help but seam to have the same problem,,

any Ideas
Lonny

 

This is a totally wild guess, but could these blue links be the IE default icons?
On the other, I am thinking View as WebPage is in use here. Perhaps renaming all Folder.Htt [Hidden] files to eliminate them as a problem?

 

No its within folders the links wont work,, no big inconvenience

just wondering what if any the problem is

I have undone any folder customizations and deleted the left over "folder settings" folder's and jumbled up folder settings.. meaning changed things ok'd out and went back and changed again..
and have also created new standard folders ,no go
strange the links to the left inside control panel work as do
C:\ and program files

what is a class-id showing for, when hovering over I see
from my computer
my docs (status bar)
file:///::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}

from my-docs
my computer
file://:::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309b}

these don't show on other folder links,, just a description

This is probably a consequence of some tweaking program ive used

 

The shell folders seem to be corrupted. An overlay install, maybe?

 

Well I would but am chicken If I do do a reinstall it will be after a format..
such a little thing I don't think it warrants the effort

Since csdl's and improct servers,shell extensions seam to be involved (don't ask me how) I'm thinking regseeker has removed something necessary for those links within folders to work
450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103 is defiantly there but I do not find the other.

Unfortunately I only have the most recently backups

Lonny

 

Anyone else here with windows ME and this (smal) problem
Im thinking it happens to all who have applied the MS updates
Q824145 or 832694