No Context Menu for Root Object in Windows Explorer

 Last reviewed: August 8, 1996
Article ID: Q150256
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

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.

WORKAROUND

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: Q130510
   TITLE     : Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer

KBCategory: kbui kbusage
KBSubcategory: ntui prodnt svrwksta win95 winshell
Additional reference words: 4.00 4.0 95

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Last reviewed: August 8, 1996
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