Help ! Search Missing from right-click menu (W2K)

[masa555]

Hi , guys
Does anybody know how to restore "search" missing from the right click menu. W2K crashed and reinstalling it seemed to messed up my registry. I am also missing "explore from here"
Can you please help me.

M

[Dirk_Diggler]

This is where "Explore" should be in your registry:-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore

At least it is in XP and thats pretty similar

I'm a newbie, take it easy on me

[reghakr]

This should get you going again, from my Win2K box:

open Notepad and copy and paste the following between the lines and save the file as findfix.reg. Double-click on the file to merge the contents into the registry.

========BEGIN CUT=========
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00 ,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00 ,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\app lication]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\top ic]
@="AppProperties"
=========END CUT===========

reghakr

[masa555]

I did everything as per your suggestion but ...nothing happened. still no "search" or "explore from here"...bummer
m

[reghakr]

Where does Explorer from here...
come in?

reghakr

[masa555]

Hi again,
"Explore from here" was some kind of tweak I install long time ago which gives you windows explorer view only on selected folder without the whole root tree path. Anyway this is not my main concern. "search" is something I use quite often and it is still missing when you right click on folders. Weired thig is if I right click on the drive ( C:, D: ) it shows both "explore from here" and the search is there too. Another strange thing happens is when I use the default search from start/search...browse and search into a folder for a specific file it comes back with ) 0 files found even though I have hudreds of 'em in that folder...very strange.

[reghakr]

What's listed under Tools>FolderOptions>File Types tab, N/A File Folder?

reghakr

[masa555]

1. under Tools>FolderOptions>File Types tab, N/A File Folder>Advanced:
Explore
find
2. under Tools>FolderOptions>File Types tab, N/A Folder>Advanced:
explore
open
rootexplore

Don't know which is relevant to your question - 1 or 2.

[reghakr]

Remove Explore from the N/A File folder entry.

reghakr

[masa555]

...It doesn’t allow me. "Edit" and "remove" are grayed out - bummer ;-(

[reghakr]

Then go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

and remove it here. Make sure you export the key first.

reghakr