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Cannot get into System Properties

Started by McZwick , Jan 31 2012 11:22 AM

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 04:11 PM

Can you access the properties?
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Posted 31 January 2012 - 04:12 PM

Nope...nothing changed.

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 04:55 PM

I know that I said that the behavior was not indicative of a policy restriction but if you want to look and make sure (since nothing else is working LOL) check this key in Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

and see if there is anything in that key about NoPropertiesMyComputer or anything else that looks like it might be about 'system properties'.

DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING

Just let us know what the value is if you see anything.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:47 AM

James,

No dice...there is a "NoDrives" set to 0, and the (Default) and that is it.

Arg....

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 01:09 PM

Right click on the desktop then go to Personalize from that Window select Change Desktop Icons and select restore default, and see if that works. The short cut could be damaged.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 01:18 PM

Good idea...but no luck. This is proving to be a surprisingly difficult mystery!

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:03 PM

If you go to CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM
or depending on your settings
CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM AND SECURITY > SYSTEM

Does that work?
It shouldn't because that is exactly what the shortcut PROPERTIES does on the context menu of COMPUTER.

I will send you a PM with something else to try.

Mod Edit: Conducting forum business...via email...defeats the purpose of the forum and results in limiting the member to just one line of suggestions/comments. Since topics/requests for assistance...originate in a public forum, it makes sense to keep all suggestions public within the same forum environment ~ Hamluis.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:15 PM

Please do not share ideas in private the info you may provide could be beneficial to another.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:54 PM

Please do not share ideas in private the info you may provide could be beneficial to another.


Sorry.
It was proprietary machine code. His logs on the thread with Gringo indicated that he had passed Windows Genuine Advantage test so he was properly licensed to try this.

I asked him to delete the private conversation. Won't happen again.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 04:58 PM

Adam

Your problem is not with running sysdm.cpl.

It is with displaying a special type of folder. Another simple example is the Fonts folder. Let's see if that displays properly on your computer.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to
C:\Windows\Fonts

Does it look different than a regular folder? Do you see Font options in the left column instead of the usual tree of folders that you normally see in Windows Explorer?

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:39 AM

James,

I can open the fonts folder and see everything. It does look different. Is there anything different between the fonts and system folders?

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:43 AM

Whats different about the fonts folder?
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:46 AM

I just mean that it looks different than a regular folder. On the top left is says "Control Panel Home", and below that (where the folder tree usually is) is some font shortcuts. Instead of folders in them main window it's all the different fonts.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:51 AM

so it doesnt look like this:

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:59 AM

Negative...my fonts folder looks like this:

http://www.techglint.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows-7-fonts.png
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