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But my worry is that the thing that's broken is the association for .SCF files, and that's why the microsoft KB fix isn't working for him.


It may well be broken, in fact that is the most likely explanation for the problem. But what IS a file association other than a couple of lines in the Windows Registry? The REG section in my work computer registry looks exactly the same as the REG section in my computer at home. If the Registry is correct, can the file association still be broken?

Apparently the Show Desktop routine calls on some snippet of code within Internet Explorer. Could the problem lie within IE?

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