OK, I'll take the bait.

How does a person change from normal to expandable?

By that, I mean changing strings from normal to expandable, not changing
one's self from normal to expandable.
--
nycman


"Bit" wrote:

> I finally fixed mine. My Vista was an upgrade from XP, and for whatever
> reason SYSTEMROOT and WINDIR in the registry were set to normal strings,
> instead of expandable ones. Thus, windows would literally call %windir% and
> rundll32 would crash as a result. Changing to expandable strings remedies
> Rundll AND re-enabled my compatibility tab.