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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by michecon, Jul 18, 2002.

  1. michecon

    michecon Member

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    My home computer uses Wondows ME, in which you can open folders as web view. It's convenient especially with photo images.

    Recently, everytime I open a folder with web view, it comes up with a error message, "ActiveX program in this folder will likely interact with other programs and may not be safe....". I searched for activex programs but cannot find any, except the flash program in the browser. Frustrated, I have to switch it back to "conventional windows view".

    Any computer experts out there can help me solve the myth? Thanks.

    MIchecon
     
    #1 michecon, Jul 18, 2002
  2. Vengeance

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    Check your security settings in IE -- they could be set too high.
     
    #2 Vengeance, Jul 18, 2002
  3. michecon

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    Thanks. I tried to set that to defult, maybe I should set lower. Or maybe it's due to my firewall?
     
    #3 michecon, Jul 18, 2002
  4. Invisible Fan

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    Don't set it any lower than default. It's pretty risky if you like to surf the net a lot.

    I'm not sure what the answer to your problem is. What might be the problem is that you have executables that could be run by an ActiveX script if your security settings are too low.

    If you like to see photo images in your explorer, you can view each file as thumbnails. Hope that helps...
     
    #4 Invisible Fan, Jul 18, 2002
  5. rockHEAD

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    I think the problem is you're running WONDOWS, a cheap knock-off of WINDOWS....

    :D
     
    #5 rockHEAD, Jul 18, 2002
  6. Vengeance

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    Here's another thought -- do you have "Active Desktop" enabled. Try getting rid of it and see if that stops it.
     
    #6 Vengeance, Jul 18, 2002
  7. Vengeance

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    One other thing -- I just did a search for this problem, and some people have reported re-registering comcat.dll to help

    Here's the solution:

    Start | Run regsvr32 <pathtofile>comcat.dll
     
    #7 Vengeance, Jul 18, 2002
  8. Kam

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    that's hilarious rockHEAD
     
    #8 Kam, Jul 18, 2002
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