Nothing happens when I right click on computer and click on properties

Question

I got a strange problem: When I click on the computer (or network) icon on my desktop, and then click on the "properties"-entry in the context menu, nothing happens. Maybe somebody has an idea what could be wrong? Thanks!

Answer 1

It seems to be a problem with a DLL which is not correctly registered anymore.

Here's a thread about it: http://www.joejoe.org/forum/topic/18364-no-such-interface-supported-error/page__st__20

Re-registering the DLL's solved this strange problem ;)

Answer 2

This might help. Use regedit and go to :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Create a DWORD named NoPropertiesMyComputer and set it to 0.
The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

A detailed example is found here that sets the value to 1. Just remember to set it at the end to 0 instead of 1.