Unable to open D: by double clicking

Q)When opening Diskdrives [C:,D:,..] by double click, that showing openwith programm,even same error is showing when opening with explore.OS is XP

Sol)Do the Following 2 methods:

1.Start > Run... > Type "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. Start >Run > type "cmd" 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

To Hide The Drive

• Start >Run
• Regedit
• 
  
• Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER

• Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

• Name: NoDrives

• Data Type: REG_DWORD

• Value: varies - see below

• To calculate the value to use, add up the following codes for the drives that you want to hide:

A=1
B=2
C=4
D=8
E=16
F=32

• For instance to hide the E and F drives, the value would be 48.

To Change Name of "MyComputer"

1. Start > Run
   
2. Type "Regedit"
3. Registry Key: "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"
4. Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ [Expandable String Value]
   
5. // Value Name: LocalizedString
6. Rename the value [LocalizedString] to [LocalizedString.old]
7. Modify/Create the Value Name [LocalizedString] according to the Value Data listed below.
8. Create a REG_EXPAND_SZ [Expandable String Value] and name it [LocalizedString] Value Data for [LocalizedString]: [%USERNAME% on %COMPUTERNAME%]
9. Exit Registry
10. Reboot

To Change The Name & Icon for a specific drive letter:

This tweak allows, to change the name and icon shown in Explorer for a specific drive letter.
1.start > Run > Regedit
2.[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
DriveIcons]
3.Create two new keys and set default values as “c:\icons\myicons.dll,4”& “MY ZIP DRIVE”

Unable to open Drives [c:,d:,e:..] by double clicking

Q1. When I double click on the D:\ drive f my PC, it doesn't open automatically, rather it starts the OPEN WITH menu and asks "Choose the program you want to use to open this file: D:\" and gives a list of programs. when i detected and removed a virus "Autorun.inf". And access the D: hard disk using windows exploer. Pls help and tell me how I can go back to double clicking to access my drives asusally.

Sol: Do the following steps:

1. Start > Run > Type "Regedit"
2. press Ctrl+F [Opens a Find dialogbox]
   
3. Type "mountpoints2" ,Enter
4. U'll find "mountpoint2" register key (or dir) , Now delete it [By select it, press del key]
5. Again and Again do the same process from step2, [Ctrl+F -select mountpoint2 file - delete] until u get no more in find searched.

--------Now ur problem will be solved..