Hi Jerry, I have more than a sneaky feeling that the answer lies in the Registry, which as you know, is a real hornet's nest. I've tried Googling, but was struggling to find the right search words. I wonder if it might be an idea to join one of the Microsoft User Groups? I've found them to be very good. George. > -----Original Message----- > From: guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jerry Neufeld > Sent: 03 March 2005 03:06 > To: gui-l > Subject: [guispeak] A perplexing problem > > Good evening folks. > > Perhaps someone on the GuiSpeak list has a solution I haven't > tried. I sure hope so. > > Here's what happens, a first time and a real mystery to me. > > When using my, my computer icon on my desktop to view the > contents of a drive, any drive, including memory sticks, > pressing enter brings up the search prompt. In such things as > my documents or shared documents, files and folders are > displayed normally. When pointing at a drive before > attempting to open it, a glance at the file menu shows the > search option to be the first in the list and bolded instead > of the open option that should be there. No adjustments of > any kind in the folder options have the slightest effect on > the ordering in this menu, just as one might expect. The > difficulty is that no other variation of parameters reorders > the menu options either. > > If anyone has any ideas about how to get the file menu back > in correct order with my computer and drives, I'll be very > grateful. I'm a bit tired of hopping up to the file menu, > down arrowing to open and hitting enter, just to do what > enter used to do. > > By the way, I'm using XP pro with Service Pack 2 and all > recent updates. > > Eagerly awaiting any clues. > > > > Jerry > jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq