My Documents Icon is broke

[uyR]

The icon for My Documents is broke. I can't left or right click it. All I can do is drag it to the trash. I've tried to delete it and re-add it via desktop preferences. This did not work.

If I create a shortcut of C:\data that works fine, but if I right click drag my documents from the start menu that icon does not work either.

Normally I would brush it off but I've come acroos 2 users with this issue now, so I would like to find a fix. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance

 

[bcastner]

Copy/paste the below into Notepad. Then File, Save as.... Fix_mydocs.reg Note that although it looks like the registry key is word-wrapped, it will copy alright :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
@=""
"Removal Message"="@mydocs.dll,-900"

;^^^^^ Leave one blank alone above ^^^^^

 

[bcastner]

I was thinking that one more registry key should be changed. This is the "Hide Enable" flag. So I am going to revise the above with the addition of one more registry key to change:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
@=""
"Removal Message"="@mydocs.dll,-900"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000

;^^^^^ Leave one blank alone above ^^^^^

 

[absolute450]

I seem to have the same problem but applying the .reg file did not correct the problem. Any other ideas?

 

[linney]

You may experience problems in Windows Explorer or in the Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165/en-us

Microsoft Update just killed Windows Explorer
thread779-1218373

How is life in Safe Mode, or in Normal Mode with a different User?

Can System Restore fix it?