Reports abound that the article http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5200/rh5215.htm works to fix this in Windows ME.
Note: I no longer have any Windows ME machines to verify this, but will write that some registry cleaners remove this key in error.
Bob
does anyone know why when i hit start/run/"C:\temp"(w/o quotes) in win ME i get the search dialog....then the "look In" is what i tried to run.....then i hit search and it searches in the directory i tried to run.

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