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In Google Chrome, I cannot see This PC in Save As Dialog Box (also in Open Dialog Box)

In Firefox and TorBrowser there are no problems

Do you have any idea?

i cleared

REG DELETE "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CIDOpen" /F
REG DELETE "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CIDSave" /F
REG DELETE "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32" /F
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8...Intel Core i3-1115G48GBon-board
OS
Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8037)
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO IdeaPad 5 15ITL05
CPU
Intel Core i3-1115G4
Motherboard
There is no such a God, I only know mother-Earth
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
on-board
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
(s) is too ambitious for me
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
256GB (SSD)
PSU
I was very young when I last saw a PSU
Case
...
Cooling
My coldness is enough to cool the computer
Keyboard
A broken and very clean keyboard
Mouse
Rat
Internet Speed
Slowest internet connection in Europe
Browser
ChromePortable / FirefoxPortable / TorBrowser
Antivirus
G-Virus
Other Info
I can simply say that I took the red pill and I am not happy with it.
The problem is likely specific to your profile, but, just to be sure, please test with another local account to confirm.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10/11
OS
Windows 10/11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Acer
I also tried with Tor Browser's 32 bit version, and result; i dont see "This PC"

Also tried with Classic 32 bit notepad and 64 bit notepad

if the program is 32bit i dont see "This Computer" in Open and Save As Dialog Boxes
if it is 64bit i see "This Computer" in Open and Save As Dialog Boxes

It is weird...
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8...Intel Core i3-1115G48GBon-board
OS
Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8037)
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO IdeaPad 5 15ITL05
CPU
Intel Core i3-1115G4
Motherboard
There is no such a God, I only know mother-Earth
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
on-board
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
(s) is too ambitious for me
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
256GB (SSD)
PSU
I was very young when I last saw a PSU
Case
...
Cooling
My coldness is enough to cool the computer
Keyboard
A broken and very clean keyboard
Mouse
Rat
Internet Speed
Slowest internet connection in Europe
Browser
ChromePortable / FirefoxPortable / TorBrowser
Antivirus
G-Virus
Other Info
I can simply say that I took the red pill and I am not happy with it.
It seems i fixed the problem, i really dont understand why this happened!

"System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" value was already set to 1 in this key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]

But i applied "Default_userchoice_This-PC_on_navigation_pane_in_File_Explorer.reg" file so it erased the "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree"

Then i applied "Add_This-PC_from_navigation_pane_in_File_Explorer.reg"
so "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" is set to 1 again.

i restarted the explorer.exe

now i have This PC in everywhere


Now i apply that tweaks and it will not give any effects to open or save as dialog boxes.

What happened? Who knows....
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8...Intel Core i3-1115G48GBon-board
OS
Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8037)
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO IdeaPad 5 15ITL05
CPU
Intel Core i3-1115G4
Motherboard
There is no such a God, I only know mother-Earth
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
on-board
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
(s) is too ambitious for me
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
256GB (SSD)
PSU
I was very young when I last saw a PSU
Case
...
Cooling
My coldness is enough to cool the computer
Keyboard
A broken and very clean keyboard
Mouse
Rat
Internet Speed
Slowest internet connection in Europe
Browser
ChromePortable / FirefoxPortable / TorBrowser
Antivirus
G-Virus
Other Info
I can simply say that I took the red pill and I am not happy with it.
HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID is replicated under WOW6432Node for 32 bit software. Rewriting the entries probably fixed an inconsistency between the 64 bit and 32 bit values.
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10/11
OS
Windows 10/11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Acer
Yes man you are right!

If you set "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" to 0 under this key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

I dont see This PC for 32bit apps.
But it still shows under 64bit apps.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8...Intel Core i3-1115G48GBon-board
OS
Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8037)
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO IdeaPad 5 15ITL05
CPU
Intel Core i3-1115G4
Motherboard
There is no such a God, I only know mother-Earth
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
on-board
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
(s) is too ambitious for me
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
256GB (SSD)
PSU
I was very young when I last saw a PSU
Case
...
Cooling
My coldness is enough to cool the computer
Keyboard
A broken and very clean keyboard
Mouse
Rat
Internet Speed
Slowest internet connection in Europe
Browser
ChromePortable / FirefoxPortable / TorBrowser
Antivirus
G-Virus
Other Info
I can simply say that I took the red pill and I am not happy with it.
just for easy troubleshooting in instances like this, i made a quick PS1 to launch it in 32bit.
create a .ps1 with the following:


Code:
if ($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq "AMD64") {
    # Relaunch this script in 32-bit PowerShell
    $scriptPath = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
    & "$env:WINDIR\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File $scriptPath
    exit
}

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

$dialog = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog

# set InitialDirectory to the shell namespace for "This PC"
$shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$namespace = $shell.Namespace('shell:::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}')
if ($namespace -ne $null) {
    $dialog.InitialDirectory = $namespace.Self.Path
} else {
    $dialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\Users\$env:USERNAME"
}

$dialog.Filter = "All files (*.*)|*.*"
$dialog.Title = "Open File (32-bit Dialog, starting at This PC)"

if ($dialog.ShowDialog() -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK) {
    Write-Output "Selected file: $($dialog.FileName)"
}

to launch it directly with no console window, make a shortcut and edit the Target line of the shortcut to be:

Code:
C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe --headless powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\PATH\TO\PS1_FILE.ps1"
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 Pro
OS
Windows 11 Pro

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8...Intel Core i3-1115G48GBon-board
OS
Windows 11 25H2 Home Single Language (26200.8037)
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO IdeaPad 5 15ITL05
CPU
Intel Core i3-1115G4
Motherboard
There is no such a God, I only know mother-Earth
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
on-board
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
(s) is too ambitious for me
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
256GB (SSD)
PSU
I was very young when I last saw a PSU
Case
...
Cooling
My coldness is enough to cool the computer
Keyboard
A broken and very clean keyboard
Mouse
Rat
Internet Speed
Slowest internet connection in Europe
Browser
ChromePortable / FirefoxPortable / TorBrowser
Antivirus
G-Virus
Other Info
I can simply say that I took the red pill and I am not happy with it.

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