George and Jerry, I tried to duplicate the problem but cannot. I wonder if it might be that some search bar has been nadvertantly installed on the system. or that some application has changed things. Is this the regular search box with multiple tabs or is it something different with a different name? Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:38 AM Subject: [guispeak] Re: A perplexing problem 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 ** 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