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[jferello]

Hey all, I just installed MBAM on my Windows XP x64 OS and it does not register the MBAM program to the right-click context menu in x64.

1) Is there anyway to manually register MBAM to the context menu so I can scan a folder by right-clicking on the folder?
2) If the above is not possible then is there any other way to scan specific folders?

[exile360]

Unfortunately it can't show up in the context menu of explorer because it's a 32 bit shell extension and explorer (in XP 64) is a 64 bit shell. I'm in Vista 64 myself and the only "trick" I've found to use the context menu scan is by using internet explorer (which by default is a 32 bit version for compatability's sake) and starting a file download, then when it asks where I'd like to save it, I browse to the file/folder I want to scan with MBAM and right click on it, and there's the context menu for scanning. The reason it works is because the file browser in IE (32 bit) IS a 32 bit shell.

[jferello]

Thanks for the tip, looks like its easier to just open IE then click on File, Save As then find the folder/file to scan. This should do for now, thanks again for the idea!

[exile360]

No problem, I actually discovered it by accident originally (I use Vista x64).

[jferello]

I used to use Vista x64 too, but I stopped, couldn't take it anymore.