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golfer1
2008-10-08, 17:57
When opening a resident PDF file on my computer with a double click SB does a scan. Similar threads discuss what to do with window 98 but I am using 2000 and am only confused by the fix. tks,

spybotsandra
2008-10-08, 17:57
Hello,

The problem is most likely caused because the right click context menu feature "Scan using Spybot-Search & Destroy" is the first item in the context menu list. The context menu feature is an option during installation which is checked by default. Once installed there is no option within Spybot to uninstall it.

To disable the "Scan using Spybot-Search&Destroy" feature in Spybot 1.6, see this post: http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=210998&postcount=9

* Spybot 1.6 questions
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=30678

If you would like the feature still installed, try disable and then re-enable it and see of that puts the "Scan using Spybot-Search & Destroy" option below the open. If that does not work, try to uninstall and reinstall Spybot. That worked for a user in this thread:

* Troubles when I'm trying open some files!!
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=31332

To disable the single files scan please open the registry editor by:
(a)
press windowskey + r then enter "regedit" (without quotation marks)
or
(b)
click on "start" , then "run" and enter "regedit" (without quotation marks)

(a+b)
and then browse to the following path.

Please delete the following registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\sdfiles
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\sdfiles

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

golfer1
2008-10-08, 18:07
I went in to delete the two lines and neither of them exist. Should I just reinstall?

md usa spybot fan
2008-10-08, 18:30
golfer1:

Those registry entries should be there.

No need to reinstall.

To fix the problem and still keep the "Scan using Spybot-Search&Destroy" option in the right click context menu try this suggestion (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=236264#post236264) posted today by matt Humphreys (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=48686) in:
Spybot and doubling clicking file
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=32011
If you would like to eliminate the "Scan using Spybot-Search&Destroy" right click context menu option, see this post (http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=210998&postcount=9) by Zer0 Voltage (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=40178) in:
Spybot 1.6 questions
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=30678

golfer1
2008-10-08, 18:51
That was to easy! Thank you so much!:bigthumb::bigthumb::bigthumb: