Cannot open any folder or drive

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mukilan

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I followed the tutorial to change the icons of the file types given here:
*www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/sawyer_03june30.mspx
I changeed the icon for the Drive And Filefolder file types from the folder options as given.But after that ,whenever i clicked on the drive or any folder a search window opened and also the icon didnt change to what i specified .please help
I dont want to use sys restore
 

Vishal Gupta

Microsoft MVP
Open regedit and goto following keys one by one:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell


Under these keys, u'll find a key with name find, just delete it :)
 
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mukilan

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Vishal Gupta said:
Open regedit and goto following keys one by one:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell


Under these keys, u'll find a key with name find, just delete it :)

thanx Vishal Gupta,U solved my problem,thanx again
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Can any one say me why it happened and is there a way to create my own theme
 
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SE><IE

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@vishal , how long did it take for u to learn the entire windows registry
LOL, I'm pretty sure VG doesn't know 'entire' windows registry. :D but hey he knows enough to write a book ;)

PS: no harm meant.
 
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