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No Context Menu for Root Object in Windows Explorer

Article ID: 150256

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the right mouse button to click the root object in Windows Explorer, a context menu is not displayed. However, a context menu is available for all other objects in Windows Explorer.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, change the root object for Windows Explorer by adding the /root, <object> parameter to the Windows Explorer command line. Set the root object so that the object for which you want a context menu is no longer the root object.
NOTE: Desktop is the default root object in Windows Explorer. To view a context menu for Desktop, use the right mouse button to click the Desktop folder in the folder where Windows 95 is installed on your computer.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Windows Explorer command line switches, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 130510
TITLE : Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer

Additional query words: 4.0

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