Uninstalling when XYplorer is set as the default file manager renders all folders un-openable

[kodyman]

Post by highend » 05 Dec 2017 15:03

Then went back in admin mode and turned them back on and exited with save. Still the same results.


You didn't. Or you did and turned them off afterwards but did not mention that

I slowly and confirming each step made sure I was in admin mode, un-checked the boxes, saved and exited. Then slowly repeated the process in admin mode, checked back on, saved and exited. For whatever reason it didn't take. Makes no difference now. I went ahead and changed the registry keys to "C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" "%1" and all is back working fine.

How this happened is a mystery to me

This isn't a mystery. You did the procedure with the copy on the stick for the current user scope (with non-admin
privileges). The registry entries don't lie about this

I guess I need to have the confidence in computers and software that you have. And they never glitch.

Thanks for the help getting everything back to working properly.