You are a genius Callender , thank you. Win7Fix.reg has corrected the problem just fine. I hope you didn't have to dream up all that code, working with bits is a royal pain. I am guessing that there were some errors in the registry keys for windows explorer.
Thank you again.
I can't take credit for it. Some research suggested it might fix things. I read that use of registry cleaners in auto clean mode can cause the problem. I don't know if you used a registry cleaner or maybe uninstalled some software where the uninstaller was faulty but if using registry cleaners it's always best to backup first then manually select items for removal.
Glad it's fixed. :)
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