Drives and folders not open by double click [Solved]

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mvmeswar 3Posts Friday September 12, 2008Registration date Sep 13, 2008 01:43PM

Hi Verify first whether your system is affected by "TROJAN" or any other viruses
If "YES" Remove the smae by using "ANTIVIRUS" S/W (Preferably AVG !!)

Go to C:\Windows (O.K how to open C or C:\Windows is your questions ..Correct !! MAy be try to right click and use open with option..and select C:\Windows\Explorer.exe OR system may open show openwith window..click on browse and select c:\windows\explorer.exe)

Open REGEDIT file
Find "MOUNTPOINTS2" using Ctrl + F
Delete the same
Repeat the process unless all the "MOUNTPOINTS2" are deleted

Now your system will be OK. (reveied these inputs from thsi forum only)=Thanks to the member

sunder - Nov 8, 2008 05:48AM

Thanks dear it really helped me out....

Robz - Nov 16, 2008 03:15PM

Hi Mvmeswar !

Thanks for the tip and it really work i can open all the drives normally.But it comes back once the computer restarts.
I'm doing it everytime i restart the pc.

I would really appreciate if you can help me out to resolve this permanently.
I'm using Avast 4.5 and its doing the auto update everyday and it could not find out any trogen or virus in the pc.

Please advice !!

Regards,

Robz

mvmeswar - Nov 26, 2008 10:15PM

Dear Roboz..

I suggest AVG Free Version which is effective on cleaning the Trojan's. First scan and clean yr computer and then go ahead with REGEDIT > Mountpoints cleaning - All the best

tempdbs - Feb 2, 2009 06:11AM

"I suggest AVG Free Version which is effective on cleaning the Trojan's. First scan and clean yr computer and then go ahead with REGEDIT > Mountpoints cleaning - All the best"

@mvmeswar -

As you prefer, i too prefer AVG only. after that i tried the RegEDIT option (for cleaning the mountpoints2).
For that moment, the Drives will open and after a small duration (not calculated exactly ...), the drives will not open and asks thru which program you need to open...
Kindly advise me...... as soon as possible...

regards,
tempdbs :)

mvmeswar - Feb 11, 2009 05:28AM

Hi..

I did in this sequence..may be you can tryout the same.

First to Run the AVG and fix the virus.
(if you know by which installation you can even remove that one - Recommended - As some Trojan will infect in the form of .dll files and start corrupt one by one.

Open the regedit and remove all "mountpoint2".

Restart the system.

Again search for the MOUNTPOINTS in REGEDIT to remove. (this is to find that the Virus affected program is in the startup, if so then with MSCONFIG or CCleaner disable the program and if possible remove the program)

Restart the system again.

You will be done.

Rgds
/mvmeswar

piiintu - Nov 21, 2008 11:30PM

Thanks alot....................... it really works

Dharam - Nov 22, 2008 10:32AM

Hi friend,

I have deleted all the content of MOUNTPOINTS2 in my regedit. And my c drive is opening by double clicking it.

Thanks a lot.

Dharam

Tejas - Nov 29, 2008 08:03AM

THIS IS A VERY GOOD SOLUTION.

NOT REQUIRE SYSTEM TO RESTORE

THANK U VERY MUCH

BYE...

Amin - Dec 5, 2008 05:16AM

Thanks a Lot , it work Probebly , u r wonderfull

MR.IT - Dec 9, 2008 03:29AM

hi
friend
u r advice is dum great.
now i got it.
u r genius.

with best regard,
mr.it

Vinodh - Dec 9, 2008 09:26AM

I am also got the same problem but your instruction was too good to handle the problem.

thanx a lot

vinodh

krishna - Dec 10, 2008 01:46AM

Thanks very Much

Sunil - Dec 18, 2008 09:16AM

HI mvmeswar...Thank u very much ...it really very helpful

MAGIDmagmag - Dec 22, 2008 06:54AM

Yes that is right just open the registry by runing the regedit comand and find the MOUNTPOINTS2 by CTRL+F and delete them cequentially then everything would be OK

GR8 - Dec 24, 2008 12:54AM

Thanx a lot its work

Regards,

GR8

Anonymous User - Jan 2, 2009 06:34AM

thanx it work for me........thanx a lot.......
otherwise i had to reinstall windows

ananda - Jan 8, 2009 08:42AM

thanks. I was spending 2-3 weeks to look for solution until I found your instruction.

small4 - Jan 14, 2009 06:06AM

your solution really works, just like what others have said... thanks alot...

Gabon - Feb 8, 2009 07:49PM

I've same problem and fix by tips from mvmeswar
Its working !!! Thanks pal

This I'm doing:
Scan virus by NOD32, its found Win32/AutoRun.ABH worm, cleaned by deleting - quarantined
(Event occurred during an attempt to access the file by the application: any Anti SpyWare).

Open REGEDIT file
Find "MOUNTPOINTS2" using Ctrl + F
Delete the same
Repeat the process unless all the "MOUNTPOINTS2" are deleted

RESTART

u r genius mvmeswar

deepak - Feb 12, 2009 04:07AM

Thanks Dear

chandramohan - Feb 25, 2009 07:12AM

thanks a lot.
it really working
you really a genius..

M. Sayeed - Mar 16, 2009 03:41AM

Thanks a ton, Its working.

Aniik - Oct 12, 2009 06:00AM

thanks, buddy..it wrknggggg..........thnks a lot

Vishal - Jan 7, 2010 05:05PM

Dear Author thank u so much, its work in my system.

parinati - Mar 18, 2010 05:08PM

Thanx a lot..its working now :)

valsalan - Mar 26, 2010 09:04AM

hi, thanks ... it is working fine..

Asad - May 5, 2010 12:44AM

Thx a lot your solution worked great!!!

SGD - Jul 12, 2010 04:42AM

It works.
Thanks

viru - May 12, 2011 10:58PM

thanks, its working now

MARSHALLSTYAGI - Mar 1, 2013 04:20AM

DEAR PARTNER I AM VERY GLAD THAT MY ALL DRIVES ARE OPEN AS USUAL AS PREVIOUSLY IN DOUBLE CLICK .I AM VERY THANKFULL TO YOUR TECHNIQUE (Open REGEDIT file
Find "MOUNTPOINTS2" using Ctrl + F
Delete the same
Repeat the process unless all the "MOUNTPOINTS2" are deleted
)other wise i am wasting my time whole day to solved this type of problem
IAM ALSO A LINUX EXPERT IF YOU NEED SOME HELP THAN I AM HAPPY TO HELP YOU.

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melnisson 14Posts Saturday August 30, 2008Registration date Sep 8, 2008 04:46AM

have you tried to right click and then click on open button?

if it is still not working then try to restore your computer to an earlier point and see what happens?

hope it helps you

sonu - Dec 22, 2008 03:44AM

my drive can;t open on double click

Naresh - Jan 2, 2009 10:00AM

thanks man u done a great job thank u very much

Nasir › sonu - Feb 7, 2009 01:37AM

This 2 Step u can do it

1.Start Registry Editor. (start -> Run... -> regedit)

2.Locate the Default value under the following key in the registry:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

3.Click Modify on the Edit menu.

4.In the File data box, type:
none

5.Click OK.

6.Quit Registry Editor.

1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.

2. type cd\

3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

4. type del autorun.inf

5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed

sanu - Feb 11, 2009 12:51AM

thanks buddy.

menanom › Nasir - Mar 26, 2009 03:15PM

Hey Nasir, thanks a million! your soln really helped. The registry value in Directory\Shell was set to FIND (the same info you see when you go to Folder options->Advanced->extension types.
Thank you once again!

pradeep › Nasir - Jun 19, 2009 03:43AM

thank you nasir sir

cwpi › Nasir - Jun 19, 2009 07:51AM

I'm sorry but I don't know what a hard disk partition regarding Step 5. Please advise. Thank you!

IvanPopov › Nasir - Oct 5, 2009 09:16AM

Nasir, man, can I ask you what about the information on the hard drive ... C, D or F... ? Is it delete it ? Or keep the files and other all in the broken hard drive ?

kellyboy › Nasir - Oct 7, 2009 05:06PM

It worked! Thanks very much!

arun › Nasir - Feb 8, 2010 08:36AM

thank you sir my problem is fixed

jithu › Nasir - Feb 20, 2010 08:06AM

thanks a lot

escapemcp › Nasir - Mar 5, 2010 12:29PM

Many thanks Nasir... got me out of a hole where windows was trying to play all files in a folder in VLC.. just changed default value to "none" and now it works like a charm. Thanks bloke.

larsan › sonu - Oct 27, 2009 02:10AM

Dear sir,

i am unable to open drive from my hard disk, i have scan my system. but still i am faceing same problem.
please suggest me what to do.

i am waiting for u r replay.

thanking you

sajeevan › sonu - Jan 7, 2010 04:40AM

pls help

leo - Jul 27, 2010 06:29AM

if u have problem right click and use explore button

nurmohammad - May 11, 2011 07:20AM

Dear sir / madam

please given me some command for command mode work, that i want windows xp copy, past, open and formate drive use by command mode
with thanks
Nurmohammad

nurmohammad - May 11, 2011 07:21AM

please give me ans

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chanderhass Nov 8, 2008 06:42AM

dear sir u try
click start then run
in run u type regedit
a window is open u select my computer & ctrl f to use find mountpoints2 it will take to serach name as u type to serach .at least u find mountpoints2 & delete it ,agian serach at least u find nothing found in registry .

u see that ur drive open directly on sinlge click

khan - Nov 10, 2008 02:18AM

thank u very much sir u r awsome

sunny - Nov 14, 2008 07:19AM

this works efficiently

abs - Nov 28, 2008 12:10AM

I deleted those entries but after a computer restart .. the problem started again .. !!!

I did a complete virus scan using Norton Antivirus 2008 and did not find any virus on my computer

Please help ..

Robz - Nov 28, 2008 09:51PM

drives and folders not open by double click

Hi
I had the same probem.Some of the solutions are already mentioned on this forum before.

Open REGEDIT file
Find "MOUNTPOINTS2" using Ctrl + F
Delete the same
Repeat the process unless all the "MOUNTPOINTS2" are deleted

Restart you pc and see if it still works - if nottry this out.

1.Downlod this simple freeware " tweak ui" from:
http://www.download.com/Tweak-UI/3000-2072_4-10002117.html
2.Install it.
3.Open the software locate for"My Computer>Drives>U'l see drives - listing from a to z
4.Uncheck all the drives which u dont ve on ur pc.
5.Then clickon "Autoplay > Drives > Uncheck all unwanted drives from the list.

Then goto to"regedit" and continue with the first step mentioned above.
This will be a permanent fix-it would not re-create the "mountpoints2" file when you restart ur pc.

Regards.

Robin Seram

master - Jan 29, 2009 12:45PM

thanx allot dear so sweet of u

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rinku Dec 14, 2008 09:49PM

If you have windows xp, go to run button and type cmd

step-1: type attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf

step-2: type del autorun.inf

Now restart the computer. Your problem will resolve.

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kem Jan 2, 2009 12:28PM

Good day guys ,
it really is annoying isnt it ! , so here is the series of solution

> run a trojan,virus,malware remover , preferable all in one pack prg. make sure system is clean
>as described follow the regedit steps and delete all MOUNTPOINTS2 till its clean ,
> here is the trick , if u all cleared it up , cos of an autorun file on every drive , (C,D,E) if u reboot now it will come back as u restart ! DONT REBOOT NOW , we'r not done yet

>if u r one of the guys having problems running the cmd prompt of ''type attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf '' , DO THIS
> since u can access ur drives now , go to ontrol pannel , pull up Folder Options, select SHOW hidden files , down below , UNCHECK (hide protected sys. files ) , apply and lick ok
>go back to explorer , in C> drive now u will see a autorun.inf , DELETE it , do this for all drives u have , once u finish , uncheck the settings we changed in folder options (hide sys.files , show hidden) close explorer , restart
pc ,

:) now u will be able to use explorer , but dont forget its becose of a trojan , so prob. somewhere in the sys. u may still have a virus ...

Hope that works for u folks !

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Vivek Mar 21, 2010 05:44AM

When I try to double click any folder then it doesn't open directly, instead of this SEarch window opens. For opening any folder, first I have to do right click on that folder then do open or explore, then only folder would be opened. pLease send me some solution on my email id.

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kushi Oct 23, 2008 10:54PM

thanks buddy it really works

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Robz Nov 28, 2008 09:47PM

Hi Deepak!1
I had the same probem.Some of the solutions are already mentioned on this forum before.

Open REGEDIT file
Find "MOUNTPOINTS2" using Ctrl + F
Delete the same
Repeat the process unless all the "MOUNTPOINTS2" are deleted

Restart you pc and see if it still works - if nottry this out.

1.Downlod this simple freeware " tweak ui" from:
http://www.download.com/Tweak-UI/3000-2072_4-10002117.html
2.Install it.
3.Open the software locate for"My Computer>Drives>U'l see drives - listing from a to z
4.Uncheck all the drives which u dont ve on ur pc.
5.Then clickon "Autoplay > Drives > Uncheck all unwanted drives from the list.

Then goto to"regedit" and continue with the first step mentioned above.
This will be a permanent fix-it would not re-create the "mountpoints2" file when you restart ur pc.

Regards.

Robin Seram

rp - Dec 18, 2008 06:14AM

thanx man

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coolcapri2005 Nov 29, 2008 02:35PM

really thanx
finally got the annoying got iver

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deeba Dec 8, 2008 01:26PM

Thanks,

It really works.

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jong-jong Dec 17, 2008 03:08AM

thanks for helping.....

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Sree Dec 18, 2008 10:22PM

thanks man it really works........
i was really getting annoyed of that thing..

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haroon Feb 11, 2009 06:12PM

thaaaaaaaaaaanks a million....

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Nutty professor Mar 6, 2009 09:29PM

Hi Nasir,

I just clean installed XP pro and my logical drives did not open on double click. I tried your command line fix and it works like a magic!

Thanks genius!

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menanom Mar 26, 2009 03:11PM

Thank you so much! I followed ur steps, and the doubleclicking works fine. Although, I didn't find the autorun.inf, and the d: partition disk thing didn't work for me. It was interesting to see that the value in the Registry was FIND. That is what I've been seeing when I tried repairing using FOLDER OPTIONS.

Thanks again!

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SENTHIL Apr 15, 2009 01:08AM

Thanks, u'r also helping, i will clear the problem, thanssssssssssssssssssssss.

senthil

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nit Sep 15, 2009 09:52AM

when i type attrib -r -h -s, its sayin dat file not found autorun.inf ..
my problem is dat when i double click on my D, H drive it says "drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now...." plz giv me a solution to fix my problem...

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Honnesh Gowda Mandya Apr 19, 2010 07:02AM

I think it's virus problem once scan the system using legal anti virus it will solve ur problems

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