'Open file location' no longer works?

Hello

When you click on the start menu and right click an icon there, after selecting "instead of opening the file" in the list nothing happens.

Why is this? He was just a day ago...

How can I fix this?

Thank you

Hey,.

O is - this behavior happens on all desktop shortcuts?

Ø you have Internet Explore 9 (Beta) installed?

Few users of this forum seems to have fixed the problem by uninstalling IE9 (Beta).

Such a forum is here:

I can't use the 'Open file location' option in the properties of the files.

http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistafiles/thread/546a0650-85f3-46b0-9d4f-1056280a1e98

You can uninstall IE 9 Beta for testing purposes.

 

Reference:

 

How to install or uninstall Internet Explorer 9 (IE9)?

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Internet-Explorer/help/IE-9/How-do-i-install-or-uninstall-Internet-Explorer-9

Please post the result here for more investigations.

If the problem goes away with IE 9 uninstalled, you can add this in IE 9 comments.

Link feedback IE:

https://connect.Microsoft.com/IE

Kind regards

Shinmila H - Microsoft Support

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