My Computer Won't Open on Double-Click

[archwayguy]

My Computer icon on the desktop won't open after a double click. Can still open drives using a right click and explore though. This happened after a force password reset by checking the box "Password reset required after next login" in the users properties in Active Directory on the Domain. The user account is a Super User. Could this be because the user was logged in at the local workstation and the account was just locked or an active terminal server session was taking place when the user logged back in and changed password? Or is it just the explorer.exe being silly and needs a reboot? I haven't been able to contact the user yet to see if a reboot has been done.

 

[xwb]

Open explorer - Tools/Folder options
Select General Tab
Select Double click to open item

 

[linney]

Can he open My Computer via the Start Menu and a single click?

Does double clicking the Desktop Icon work from Safe Mode?

What about removing and replacing the icons to see if that helps?

How to Remove Default Desktop Icons in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q315272

System restore worth a try?