Thats it Clint...you are jinxed :) Do you have the folder.htt in these folders: C:\Windows\Web, C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32, C:\Program Files? I know the one for the Web folder does control the functionality for the entire windows installation so if you have deleted it then it could be creating irregularities in the system with it's loss. Also just because MS says that this file or that folder will change or not doesn't mean anything except that maybe the help manual is twice as thick with what ifs.
Peter Kaulback In the hour of 05:45 AM 4/21/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton spoke this: >[3rd try @post in 2 days] > >I just noticed something....the recycle bin and control panel >folder is still messed up, (similar to this >http://orpheuscomputing.com/folderproblem2.gif ) can't >select 'view as webpage' on it, and it has no 'customize this >folder' option (so I have to still right click each file in >it in order to see it's origin, extension, size, etc). Also, >I always have 'show all files' checked in folder options. I >add new folders all the time, and they of course are always >set to 'view as webpage' (or if it's an images folder I would >sometimes set it to 'view as thumbnails'). In either case, a >folder.htt file was NEVER created, NEVER seen, NOR was the >desktop.ini file ever created or seen! But now, a few >folders MUST HAVE the desktop.ini file in them in order to >select 'view as webpage' on them!!! Hmmmm I think I see why >now. Those folders that require the desktop.ini file were >set to read only! Now how did that happen. How the heck did >any of this happen! :-) So the only problem that remains >now is the recycle bin & control panel folder problem >('printers' folder is also messed up like them). Neither >have the area 'customize this folder', so I don't know how I >would fix them. >-Clint > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton" > >Well Roger, I did the active desktop bit before, and also >messed with the 'customize this folder' area as well. I >copied the folder.htt file from one folder and for the heck >of it put it in another and no go, still no checkable 'view >as webpage'. > >However, after seeing your reply, I thought I would open the >'customize this folder' option again. I opened a folder on >my desktop, this time I went a different route and selected >the first option, then 'next', then just stopped. It created >again a folder.htt file, but this time I WAS able to check >'view as webpage' and it DID work. So in folder options I >clicked 'set all folders like current folder' and now all >folders are back to the norm and I can view as webpage. Now >since I never have seen that folder.htt file in ANY FOLDER >other than C:\, program files, windows, etc (it's never in >any folder YOU create), I deleted that folder.htt file that >was placed in a folder that was on my desktop. Now, THAT >folder can no longer be 'viewed as a webpage'! But, the >other folders CAN even though they do NOT have the folder.htt >file in them! > >So........I don't know what's going on, but all OTHER folders >are fine now. Now, that white area to the left where you >preview and see file properties is there as it should be, but >it's a different color! It's much more whiter and brighter >for some reason. The Program files folder was still messed >up as I described (well, it's no longer below.....but this is >a screen shot of what IT was doing >http://orpheuscomputing.com/folderproblem.gif ) and to fix >that I went again to 'customize this folder' and selected >"remove customizations", and it then REMOVED the folder.htt >file and desktop.ini file, now the program files folder is >ok. Very strange. I'd like to know what caused this. >Thanks Roger, >-Clint > >God Bless Us All >Clint Hamilton, Owner >http://OrpheusComputing.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Roger Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >------------------------------ > > > >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 03:22:19 -0500 > >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton" > > > > >Group, a couple of days ago I lost the ability to "view as > >webpage" in ALL of my folders! > ><snip> >Any ideas what is going on? Of course nothing was found > >at the MS site searching for the exact phrase 'view as > >webpage'. I have not run the SFC since that usually takes > >more than an hour. I'm hoping someone has seen this > >problem before. > >Thanks, > >- -Clint > > > >Clint, >I have not seen that quirk before, but if it were me I would >begin here: >Start>Settings>Active Desktop and see what had changed there. >Then I would >Right-click on any folder and see what the Custom settings >had been set >there, if any. Then, if all else fails, I would begin >checking in the >registry at HKLM_software_Microsoft_Wondows_Explorer and >HKCU_(same) for clues. >- Roger ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
