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"Open With" dialog appears when double clicking on a mapped network drive in My Computer
Symptom
When you double-click a network drive in My Computer, the Open With dialog may appear rather than displaying the drive contents. However, when you right-click on the drive and choose Explore, the drive opens correctly as it should.

Resolution
Note: In conjunction with the fix suggested in this article, it's highly advisable to follow-up with a thorough Virus/Malware scan. The problem explained in the Symptoms section may be a result of a virus or Malware attack, or may be a remnant in the aftermath of virus or Malware removal.
- Download FixDrive.zip and save it to Desktop
- Unzip the file and extract the contents (FixDrive.exe and readme.txt) to a folder
- Double FixDrive.exe to run it
- Select the drive-letter from the list that's exhibiting the problem
- Click Fix
Screenshot

FixDrive (for Windows XP / Windows Vista)
Note: In case the problem reappears on restart after running this tool, it's possible that there is a Malware actively running in your system. It is suggested that you run a thorough scan using specialized anti-virus and anti-spyware utilities. This utility does not remove the Malware, but only repairs the settings that were probably added by Malware.
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46 Responses to ""Open With" dialog appears when double clicking on a mapped network drive in My Computer" 
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said this on 08 Aug 2007 12:24:45 AM PST
It doesn't work well...
At first it seems to be working, and double clicking opens the drive in explorer, but after reboot the problem appears again.
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said this on 09 Apr 2008 4:40:03 AM PST
This is because this problem is caused by a virus which fakes an "Autorun" file and an associated executable to spread the virus.
An autorun file is a file present on the root of the driver which launch specific task each time you double click your drive, and in this case the task is to run the virus.
You need an antivirus to remove this virus from your computer as it usually not just an Autorun and its associated file, the virus leave files in other places in your system and launch it again every time you restart your system.
However.. In my trials when the drive in question is a local driver I usually need to reinstall windows on a clean disk and install an anti virus and do a scan as soon as my windows version is up and running.
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said this on 17 Aug 2007 6:15:36 AM PST
Same.. it works .. but after reboot.. situation same.
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said this on 14 Sep 2007 4:29:02 PM PST
oops !!! same dialog is apperaing after i restarted my pc ..... atlest there are no viruses in my pc for now, is there any other way to resolve this problem beside to for mat my h.d.d.
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said this on 17 Oct 2007 8:41:26 AM PST
It is working but when i restart my computer the problem remains same
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said this on 05 Dec 2007 3:02:19 PM PST
I agree with the earlier people who commented. This thing works as long as u dont restart the system. Once restarted then the issue crops back to the same. So i suggest that MVPs should do some thing better next time to resolve this issue for good. Moreover, I have different issue on hand, if they are interested in resolving this too, then I can share the information to them.
Srini
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said this on 24 Dec 2007 6:16:06 AM PST
The Fix Drive works great on XP but for a different problem of mine. I do not get the "Open With" option but I get an "Open(O)" option. I seem to be getting this when I map a network drive to a shared folder on my Windows 2003 server. But this happens to omly one particular folder. I ran a anti-sypware/malware scan and also an anti-virus scan but I couldn't get any detections. Could you mail me the registry that get affected with this change to my email ID so that I could check on my server it if still resides there or not? I would highly appreciate it. Thanks, Savio.
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said this on 22 Jan 2008 8:56:10 PM PST
This method works for me. I'm using Vista, and my case is when I double-click a mapped network drive, the system keeps pop up a message said 'Application not found'. But I can access that drive without any problem when using command line interface. After applying this fix, the problem is gone even after reboot.
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said this on 01 Feb 2008 11:54:00 PM PST
This didn't work at all for me... Still can't open any of my drives.
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said this on 15 Apr 2008 10:58:07 PM PST
fixdrive is a very good utility. I like it. While i was trouble to open my drive. Now its ok
Thanks
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said this on 15 May 2008 9:10:50 PM PST
i've tried and the problem is fixed but i have to do the same each time i boot my system. please render me a permanent fix of this problem
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said this on 30 May 2008 12:35:23 AM PST
fixdrive is an angel....my PC worked well even after the reboot....
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said this on 04 Jun 2008 6:05:48 AM PST
Hi Friend,
I thank u very much for providing the correct solution for open with virus,
can u please tell me how to manuly solve this problem.........I am waiting for u r answer.........
Thanks and Regards,
Praveen Kumar Cherala
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said this on 14 Jun 2008 3:13:24 PM PST
thanks a ton to fixdrive...my pc as well is working fine even after the reboot...
before u work on fixdrive u shud first run an antivirus san on ur pc...i made a scan using the avg antivirus 8.0.1 , which is up for download at download.com.
after the scan, u can install fix drive and then restart ur pc...it really does work , tahnks again to who so ever made it....
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said this on 26 Jun 2008 3:11:43 AM PST
thanks to Ramesh for ur fixdrive. It worked . The trouble was caused by a worm removal process.
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said this on 02 Jul 2008 5:37:34 AM PST
Thanks a lot, Ramesh. It worked fine even after restarting. Let me know the function defined in the file.
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said this on 07 Jul 2008 6:08:49 AM PST
worked great, after using the software i ran safety.live.com and it deleted the addware.
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said this on 08 Jul 2008 5:55:31 AM PST
ammaazzzing!!!People this works with my EEE PC 900! D: got lost after removing the virus. now its ok! thanks so much!
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said this on 18 Jul 2008 2:04:50 AM PST
This thing really does work! Thanks a ton.
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said this on 18 Jul 2008 9:02:06 AM PST
This works great. When you reboot and the problem continues then your OS is infected. Run an Anti Virus and Anti-Spyware software to remove. I recommend Kaspersky. This is only a fix when the virus is gone!!!!!
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said this on 28 Jul 2008 1:44:12 AM PST
Thatz gr888!!! it worked.... Thanks!!!
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said this on 01 Aug 2008 7:24:00 PM PST
thanks for fixing the open with virus
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said this on 02 Aug 2008 3:54:01 AM PST
yes this help, thanks a lot!!
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said this on 21 Aug 2008 7:45:57 AM PST
This program has fixed my "W: Application not found" problem!
After searching on Google for an answer and none of them work, this little program fixed it! Even Dell Support could not help me!
How does this tool work? What changes does it do to the Registry?
Thanks for yur help!
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said this on 16 Sep 2008 4:08:31 AM PST
excellent fix. its working. before running this, try to remove all the viruses, spywares and malwares.
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said this on 16 Sep 2008 7:41:44 AM PST
Just for thanks for this tool .
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said this on 30 Sep 2008 7:08:33 PM PST
Thank you so much, it helps a lot.....
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said this on 30 Sep 2008 9:51:16 PM PST
Thanks a lot frens It worked fine for me...
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said this on 18 Oct 2008 10:25:53 PM PST
I have windows xp 64bit edition which is why I think the software won't run on my pc as it prompts me when I try to run it that it only works with xp and vista - this there a manual registry entry I can set to fix this problem or is there a 64bit version?
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said this on 14 Nov 2008 3:55:37 AM PST
Thanks man!!! Fixdrive program worked. Thanks a lot.
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said this on 19 Nov 2008 7:52:11 AM PST
Thanks man!!! Fixdrive program worked. Thanks a lot.
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said this on 25 Nov 2008 2:45:57 PM PST
Great it worked fine. Thank you so much
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said this on 05 Dec 2008 1:15:39 PM PST
It deletes the SHell key from Mountpoints2, so you can double click the folder, unless you have the virus present in your pc.
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said this on 19 Dec 2008 3:59:00 PM PST
great stuff thks a lot it worked fine and it's so simple.
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said this on 15 Jan 2009 5:24:48 PM PST
Very nice little tool. To the point and very effective.
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said this on 24 Feb 2009 6:20:59 AM PST
Thank you this little tool worked perfectly. Still OK after reboot
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said this on 24 Feb 2009 10:14:27 AM PST
Definitely works even after reboot. To those that failed after reboot, check to see if the virus is still there. Thanks to this tool... Was looking for this all over the web.
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said this on 22 Apr 2009 12:42:09 PM PST
Wow, really did work. Even manual registry editing wasn't fixing it, but this did. Don't know how, but awesome :D
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said this on 14 May 2009 9:35:46 PM PST
Ramesh you THE man.. worked great.. cheers
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