Open With dialogue when i click IE icon on desktop?

[SteBooth]

Hi All,

I've just made my first working unattended install using Nlite and ryanVm's intergrator for the hotfixes etc and i slipstreamed SP2. I have burnt to cd and all works fine. Except that is for the IE icon on my desktop. When i click it i get an "Open With" dialogue.

I have chosen classic desktop and within Nlite i also chose to display certain things on the desktop. I think IE was one of them but can't remember for sure. If i browse to C:\program files\internet explorer and click the icon there it works fine.

Has anyone else had this problem and worked out how to fix it? i'm sure its something simple but i can't seem to pinpoint it. please help!

Thanks in advance

Steve

[strotee76]

I've had this happen to me a lot.

To be honest, I've never tracked it down to what was causing the issue (just my theories ). My theory was the settings for Internet Explorer to set the pop-up blocker to High, and/or integrating IE7. Please post your last_session.ini so we can take a closer look.

[Madhits45]

To get rid of this. Here is what I do. Get TweakUI & remove the IE icon from the desktop. Hit apply & Ok. Open tweakUI again and readd it. It should work after that.

[SteBooth]

Ini file As requested:

[Main]

Env = 1.3 RC 2 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2

Target = Windows XP Professional SP:2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]

Tweaks

Create a Bootable ISO

Options

[Components]

;# Compatibility #

Compat01

Compat02

Compat03

Compat04

Compat06

Compat07

Compat08

Compat09

Compat11

Compat13

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi

yahoo.bmp

swtchbrd.bmp

bliss.jp_

[Options]

ClassicSetup

ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"

TargetPath = "WINDOWS"

temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

AdvTweaks

[Patches]

[services2]

[Tweaks]

Boot and Shutdown-Ctrl-Alt-Del at logon-Enabled

Boot and Shutdown-Logon Page-Classic

Desktop-Internet Explorer icon-Show

Desktop-My Computer icon-Show

Desktop-My Documents icon-Show

Desktop-My Network Places icon-Show

Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Show

Desktop-Show Windows version on Desktop

Explorer-Classic Control Panel

Internet Explorer-Disable Password-Caching

Network-Allow receiving Remote Assistance-Enable

Network-Remote Desktop-Enable

Performance-Processor scheduling-Programs

Privacy-Remove Alexa

Security-Screensaver Password-Protection-Disabled

Start Menu-Reduce popup delay

Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut

Taskbar-Lock the Taskbar-Yes

[unattended]

UnattendMode = 1

ComputerType = Default

AutoLogon = Administrator

LogonCount = 1

FirewallOff

CustomLocales

Resolution = 1024x768

Vrefresh = 75 Hz

MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12

RestorePointLife = 30

DefaultStartPanelOff

DesktopTheme = Default||

AutoUDay = 5

AutoUHour = 15

ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[NetAdapter1]

connname = ""

macaddress = ""

ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"

subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"

defaultgateway = ""

dnsserver1 = ""

dnsserver2 = ""

winsserver = ""

netbiossetting = "0"

ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"

ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]

Also Internet explorer is strangley absent from Steart>programs>Internet explorer.

Thanks again

Edited February 28, 2007 by SteBooth

[strotee76]

Did you run nLite multiple times through the "source" of XP or is this the only time you've ran nLite? The reason I ask is because this INI file is pretty bare. The INI file gets written over every time it's ran. You will want to locate the 2nd to last INI file or just start over with a clean source of XP SP2.

Also, did you try Madhits45's suggestions?

[SteBooth]

Thanks Madhit and Strotee,

Mad your solution works, but i really want to get this thing working "out of the tin" so to speak.

Strotee , yes i ran a couple of times. I'll try again though. I have backed up a folder to the point of intergrating the service packs and RyanVm's updates before i did any option changes i'll go back and use that, and if it still wont work i'll try it without the hotfixes

Thanks for all your help

[SteBooth]

OK I made a new iso with fresh settings and IE still gives me the "Open with" dialogue, here is my full .ini:-

[Main]

Env = 1.3 RC 2 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2

Target = Windows XP Professional SP:2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]

Remove Components

Unattended Setup

Tweaks

Create a Bootable ISO

Options

[Components]

;# Applications #

Games

Internet Games

Pinball

;# Hardware Support #

Gravis Digital GamePort

;# Keyboards #

Albanian keyboard

Armenian Eastern keyboard

Armenian Western keyboard

Azeri Cyrillic keyboard

Azeri Latin keyboard

Belarusian keyboard

Belgian (Comma) keyboard

Belgian (Period) keyboard

Belgian French keyboard

Bengali (Inscript) keyboard

Bengali keyboard

Bosnian Cyrillic keyboard

Bosnian keyboard

Bulgarian (Latin) keyboard

Bulgarian keyboard

Canadian French (Legacy) keyboard

Canadian French keyboard

Canadian Multilingual Standard keyboard

Chinese (Simplified) - Microsoft Pinyin IME 3.0 keyboard

Chinese (Simplified) - NeiMa keyboard

Chinese (Simplified) - QuanPin keyboard

Chinese (Simplified) - ShuangPin keyboard

Chinese (Simplified) - US Keyboard keyboard

Chinese (Simplified) - ZhengMa keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - Alphanumeric keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - Array keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - Big5 Code keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - ChangJie keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - DaYi keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - New ChangJie keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - New Phonetic keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - Phonetic keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - Quick keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - Unicode keyboard

Chinese (Traditional) - US Keyboard keyboard

Croatian keyboard

Czech (QWERTY) keyboard

Czech keyboard

Czech Programmers keyboard

Danish keyboard

Devanagari - INSCRIPT keyboard

Divehi Phonetic keyboard

Divehi Typewriter keyboard

Dutch keyboard

Estonian keyboard

Faeroese keyboard

Farsi keyboard

Finnish keyboard

Finnish with Sami keyboard

French keyboard

FYRO Macedonian keyboard

Gaelic keyboard

Georgian keyboard

German (IBM) keyboard

German keyboard

Greek (220) keyboard

Greek (220) Latin keyboard

Greek (319) keyboard

Greek (319) Latin keyboard

Greek keyboard

Greek Latin keyboard

Greek Polytonic keyboard

Gujarati keyboard

Hebrew keyboard

Hindi Traditional keyboard

Hungarian 101-key keyboard

Hungarian keyboard

Icelandic keyboard

Inuktitut Latin keyboard

Irish keyboard

Italian (142) keyboard

Italian keyboard

Japanese Input System (MS-IME2002) keyboard

Japanese keyboard

Kannada keyboard

Kazakh keyboard

Korean Input System (IME 2000) keyboard

Korean keyboard

Kyrgyz Cyrillic keyboard

Latin American keyboard

Latvian (QWERTY) keyboard

Latvian keyboard

Lithuanian IBM keyboard

Lithuanian keyboard

Luxembourgish keyboard

Malayalam keyboard

Maltese 47-key keyboard

Maltese 48-key keyboard

Maori keyboard

Marathi keyboard

Mongolian Cyrillic keyboard

Nepali keyboard

Norwegian keyboard

Norwegian with Sami keyboard

Pashto keyboard

Polish (214) keyboard

Polish (Programmers) keyboard

Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT) keyboard

Portuguese (Brazilian ABNT2) keyboard

Portuguese keyboard

Punjabi keyboard

Romanian keyboard

Russian (Typewriter) keyboard

Russian keyboard

Sami Extended Finland-Sweden keyboard

Sami Extended Norway keyboard

Serbian (Cyrillic) keyboard

Serbian (Latin) keyboard

Slovak (QWERTY) keyboard

Slovak keyboard

Slovenian keyboard

Spanish keyboard

Spanish Variation keyboard

Swedish keyboard

Swedish with Sami keyboard

Swiss French keyboard

Swiss German keyboard

Syriac keyboard

Syriac Phonetic keyboard

Tamil keyboard

Tatar keyboard

Telugu keyboard

Thai Kedmanee (non-ShiftLock) keyboard

Thai Kedmanee keyboard

Thai Pattachote (non-ShiftLock) keyboard

Thai Pattachote keyboard

Turkish F keyboard

Turkish Q keyboard

Ukrainian keyboard

Urdu keyboard

Uzbek Cyrillic keyboard

Vietnamese keyboard

;# Multimedia #

Music Samples

;# Network #

MSN Explorer

Windows Messenger

;# Operating System Options #

Blaster/Nachi removal tool

Tour

;# Compatibility #

Compat01

Compat02

Compat03

Compat04

Compat06

Compat07

Compat08

Compat09

Compat11

Compat13

Compat14

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi

yahoo.bmp

swtchbrd.bmp

bliss.jp_

[Options]

ClassicSetup

ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"

TargetPath = "WINDOWS"

temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

AdvTweaks

[Patches]

[services2]

[Tweaks]

Boot and Shutdown-Auto-End tasks immediately

Boot and Shutdown-Auto-Kill hung applications immediately

Boot and Shutdown-Auto-Kill hung services immediately

Boot and Shutdown-Ctrl-Alt-Del at logon-Enabled

Desktop-Show Windows version on Desktop

Explorer-Classic Control Panel

Internet Explorer-Disable Password-Caching

Network-Allow receiving Remote Assistance-Enable

Network-Remote Desktop-Enable

Performance-Processor scheduling-Programs

Privacy-Remove Alexa

Security-Screensaver Password-Protection-Disabled

Start Menu-Clear most recently opened documents list on logoff

Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut

Taskbar-Lock the Taskbar-Yes

[unattended]

UnattendMode = 1

ComputerType = Default

AutoLogon = Administrator

LogonCount = 1

FirewallOff

CustomLocales

Resolution = 1024x768

Vrefresh = 75 Hz

MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12

RestorePointLife = 30

DefaultStartPanelOff

DesktopTheme = Default||

AutoUpdates = 4

AutoUDay = 5

AutoUHour = 15

ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[NetAdapter1]

connname = ""

macaddress = ""

ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"

subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"

defaultgateway = ""

dnsserver1 = ""

dnsserver2 = ""

winsserver = ""

netbiossetting = "0"

ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"

ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]

[Madhits45]

Stebooth- I dont know of another way to fix that issue with IE7. This is just a glitch with integration. If you manually install IE7 the issue does not occur. I would ask Nuhi for his help although I dont believe there is a way for him to fix this. I believe nlite just integrates IE7 install which can also be done with the install file itself (without using nlite). I would bet that doing the integration manually outside of nlite still has this issue. In that case all nuhi could do is put in something inplace that would fix this issue after it has occured (which you could do yourself).

Also when you include your last session file use the attach file option or attach code option. Either of those will make your post a lot smaller.

[SteBooth]

Thanks again Madhits. Btw it was IE6 not 7 that the problem is with ( I dont like IE7).

Anyway if this makes no difference i'll just have to live with it.

[zwiebug]

i have the same problem with IE6, the desktop icon starts the "open with" dialog, also IE doesn't show up in the start menu (set to classic), however it appears in c:\program files\internet explorer. i also can't run windows update properly with this messed up IE and IE7 won't install either. can anyone confirm if this also happens with older (1.21) versions of nlite? i use 1.3