Explorer is blank

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Prestonsch

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As of recently the "My Computer" icon went missing from about twenty computers that I control through smartlaunch. I went to enable the icon and it is grayed out. When I use Run>Explorer The pane is completely blank, there are no drives visible. It seems as if "My Computer" has been disabled. Any information you can provide me on this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time,

Preston
 

My Computer

System One

Preston,
From your brief description it seems that your registry may have been changed by Smart Launch.
It would be my suggestion to correct the problem, even if not due to registry, with System Restore. This should remedy the situation. If SmartLaunch is indeed the problem, it will return.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-system-restore-how.html
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Thanks for the speedy response. I came to the same conclusion, unfortunately I do not have a restore point far enough back to predate this occurance. Also this computer is used in a lan computer gaming center and I cannot spend the time reinstalling the 100+ games on this computer. Can you think of any other option? Thanks again,

Preston
 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Wow... 100+ games? That's a lot!

Without a backup you can rely upon, you're going to have to do this the hard way. Once you're done, definitely get yourself Macrium Reflect and make a full back-up in case another problem arises in the future.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion dv5t
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo 2.53GHz
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512Mb
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800 32bit
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Momentus XT 500Gb
    Hitachi Travelstar HTS543225L9A300 250Gb
    Mouse
    Microsoft 4000
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