just recently shortcuts to folders that I have created on the desktop aren't
opening when double clicking on them, instead the box comes up asking which
program do I want to open the folder. it hasn't always been like this can
anyone shed a bit of light on it please. am using Win ME
tia.

Normally Windows XP is a very stable operating system. There can be many
reasons for this. You may have had a power glitch, there may be a software
installed that was running in the background that may have some problems, or
there may be an adware or spyware that got picked up from the net. These are
just a few very simple reasons. There can be many more.

If the problem persists to repeat itself, then you would have to start
investigating it properly. One of the first approaches is to disable various
programs and drivers that are loaded when the machine starts. It is
important to make sure that a vital program or driver for the operation of
Windows is not disabled, or the machine may not start at all.

When installing devices with XP, it is important to make sure that the
drivers with these devices are recommended for XP. Non XP drivers can cause
problems with XP. Some can non compatible drivers, can give the symptom that
you are describing.

There are some drivers that are written for XP, that are approved, but will
not show as such, because your release date of your XP copy is older than
the creation date of the drivers. You must verify everything about the
device drivers that you want to install, that they are compatible with XP,
if there is nothing written in any of the instructions that came with the
device.

--

Jerry G.
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"Locutus" <Locutus@b.org> wrote in message
news:cp505f$ngb$2@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
just recently shortcuts to folders that I have created on the desktop aren't
opening when double clicking on them, instead the box comes up asking which
program do I want to open the folder. it hasn't always been like this can
anyone shed a bit of light on it please. am using Win ME
tia.

It's Windows *ME*, not XP...as stated in the original post.

"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:31mptkF3b4uegU1@uni-berlin.de...
| Normally Windows XP is a very stable operating system. There can be many
| reasons for this. You may have had a power glitch, there may be a software
| installed that was running in the background that may have some problems,
or
| there may be an adware or spyware that got picked up from the net. These
are
| just a few very simple reasons. There can be many more.
|
| If the problem persists to repeat itself, then you would have to start
| investigating it properly. One of the first approaches is to disable
various
| programs and drivers that are loaded when the machine starts. It is
| important to make sure that a vital program or driver for the operation of
| Windows is not disabled, or the machine may not start at all.
|
| When installing devices with XP, it is important to make sure that the
| drivers with these devices are recommended for XP. Non XP drivers can
cause
| problems with XP. Some can non compatible drivers, can give the symptom
that
| you are describing.
|
| There are some drivers that are written for XP, that are approved, but
will
| not show as such, because your release date of your XP copy is older than
| the creation date of the drivers. You must verify everything about the
| device drivers that you want to install, that they are compatible with XP,
| if there is nothing written in any of the instructions that came with the
| device.
|
| --
|
| Jerry G.
| ======
|
|
| "Locutus" <Locutus@b.org> wrote in message
| news:cp505f$ngb$2@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
| just recently shortcuts to folders that I have created on the desktop
aren't
| opening when double clicking on them, instead the box comes up asking
which
| program do I want to open the folder. it hasn't always been like this can
| anyone shed a bit of light on it please. am using Win ME
| tia.
|
|
|