at kelly's corner like another poster suggested. "Pavan, Go to the link below and scroll down to Line 129 (left column) and click on "Restore Folder Options Under Tools" and download and save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_... Folder Options should be available under Tools in Windows Explorer and also in your Control Panel. Tufenuf" this is what shows up.. nothing to download? Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions] "NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000 another person suggested a response from tecnodigits. "Ok .. that seems simple then .. Just go to Start –> Run –> regedit. The registry editor will open. Go to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer In the right hand pane, see if there is a value called NoFolderOptions If yes then change it’s value to 0. 1 means hide options and 0 means show options." but.. my regedit wont work says cld.dll is missing. i downloaded cld.dll and followed directions to register it but it says it can't find it. ok now it says register editing has been disabled by administrator. can someone walk me through from here. i want to restore folder options so i can view hidden files

ok i found something to try to re enable regedit. but on some of the fixes it directs me to downloads such as Doug Knox's "registry tools vbscript" when i got to download it, it is doing the same thing as the other download this is what comes up.. this doesn't look like a download. am i supposed to do something specific with this or is something going wrong. this is what comes up.. "'Enable/Disable Registry Editing tools '© Doug Knox - rev 12/06/99 Option Explicit 'Declare variables Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, t, mustboot, errnum, vers Dim enab, disab, jobfunc, itemtype Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") p = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\" p = p & "DisableRegistryTools" itemtype = "REG_DWORD" mustboot = "Log off and back on, or restart your pc to" & vbCR & "effect the changes" enab = "ENABLED" disab = "DISABLED" jobfunc = "Registry Editing Tools are now " 'This section tries to read the registry key value. If not present an 'error is generated. Normal error return should be 0 if value is 'present t = "Confirmation" Err.Clear On Error Resume Next n = WSHShell.RegRead (p) On Error Goto 0 errnum = Err.Number if errnum <> 0 then 'Create the registry key value for DisableRegistryTools with value 0 WSHShell.RegWrite p, 0, itemtype End If 'If the key is present, or was created, it is toggled 'Confirmations can be disabled by commenting out 'the two MyBox lines below If n = 0 Then n = 1 WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype Mybox = MsgBox(jobfunc & disab & vbCR & mustboot, 4096, t) ElseIf n = 1 then n = 0 WSHShell.RegWrite p, n, itemtype Mybox = MsgBox(jobfunc & enab & vbCR & mustboot, 4096, t) End If" same for the other download fix here is this one. "[Version] Signature="$Chicago$" Provider=Symantec [DefaultInstall] AddReg=UnhookRegKey [UnhookRegKey] HKLM, Software\CLASSES\batfile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*" HKLM, Software\CLASSES\comfile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*" HKLM, Software\CLASSES\exefile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*" HKLM, Software\CLASSES\piffile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*" HKLM, Software\CLASSES\regfile\shell\open\command,,,"regedit.exe ""%1""" HKLM, Software\CLASSES\scrfile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*" HKCU, Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System,DisableRegistryTools,0x00000020,0" this might also be another problem with my pc. or maybe the website but any insight/info is appreciated thx!

my web browser seems like it's working fine and i've downloaded other stuff fine. if it's just the websites anyone know where i can download doug knox "registry tools vbscript" or something else that will enable regedit again

If you can't run the reg file from kellys do the following: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt window. Enter REGEDIT.exe and press Enter. Once regedit is open click File>Import and locate that reg file fix, hilite it and click Open. Post back with the result and we'll try to correct the vbs file problem as it appears your reg and vbs file associations are hosed. Tufenuf

pcposterguy3, If you couldn't actually download that vbs file from the dougknox site use IE and right click it and choose "Save Target As" then save it to your hard drive. Now go to the link below and click on "VBS File Association Fix" to download a zipped reg file fix and save it to somewhere you can easily find it. Unzip it then do the following: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL and open Task Manager. Once there, click File, then hold down the CTRL key and click New Task (Run). This will open a Command Prompt window. Enter REGEDIT.exe and press Enter. Once regedit is open click File>Import and locate that reg file fix, hilite it and click Open. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_ass... After doing the above if it's successfull then try double clicking that vbs file that you downloaded and saved. Hopefully this will correct the reg edit problem. Tufenuf

@ pcposterguy3 Just to say, I have the same problem as you with KELLYs fixes showing Registry entries instead of a REG file to download. I have discovered lately that if I right click that line 129, then click "Save Link Target as...", then I will get a folderoptions.reg file saved to my HDD. NOTE -- I do not use IE, so IE may say something other than "Save Link Target as..."

pcposterguy Are you logging in as an administrator, or with administrator rights?