Great Tutorial Shawn !!! This is something which happens in Windows 7 a lot !!!

seekermeister said:

I plead ignorance. When I go to the context menu for Computer and select manage, nothing happens, not even the error message. I went to the location of lnkfile in the registry, and it already shows that key there, but with no value given.

I'm not really sure what is supposed to happen when selecting Manage, so I don't know how deep I'm willing to dig for the "solution"

Hello !!

Download ShellExView (from nirsoft.net) and run it. It will scan the registry for all the shell extensions. Once the scan is over and the list is displayed, you need to spot the context menu handlers. Sort the results using "Type", so that the context menu handlers are displayed together.

The rule is to disable non-Microsoft context menu handlers *one-by-one* and verify if the problem is solved. If disabling one does not solve the problem, undo the disabled item and disable the next non-Microsoft handler. Do the same until the problem is solved and finally identify the culprit. Scroll right to see the Company Name column in ShellExView.

Hope this helps,
Captain

seekermeister said:

I plead ignorance. When I go to the context menu for Computer and select manage, nothing happens, not even the error message. I went to the location of lnkfile in the registry, and it already shows that key there, but with no value given.

I'm not really sure what is supposed to happen when selecting Manage, so I don't know how deep I'm willing to dig for the "solution"

Hello SM,

No problem at all. It's suppose to open Computer Management from the CompMgmtLauncher.exe file instead of compmgmt.msc file.


You might double check at the registry location below to make sure that you have the same default setting in the right pane of the screenshot below for this first before trying what Captain suggested to see if it may save you some time. If it doesn't help, then please do try what Captain suggested to see if it's a bad context menu entry instead.

I included a REG file download to restore these settings automatically if you like.

Code:

 
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\command

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Excellent tutorial, Shawn. I run into this a lot. There are many programs that change the associations.

Hello Rodekyll, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Double check to make sure that the downloaded REG file has a .reg file extension. Some security programs may change it to .download instead.

If it does have a .reg file extension, then double check in Default Programs to make sure that the .reg file extension is set to have it's "Current Default" program set as Registry Editor (C:\Windows\regedit.exe). Afterwards, see if you may be able to merge the downloaded REG file.

Hope this helps,
Shawn