Enable windows explorer for LLB files broke

was running LV6, 6.1, now 7.0 on win98 machine.
recently ran microsoft regclean and now I have no more support for viewing inside .LLB files through windows explorer. Attempting to re-enable this through LabVIEW/tools/options does not help.
hints?

Hi Paul,
I would not reccommend that you manually edit the registry keys associated with LabVIEW (or any other program for that matter) unless you are intimately familiar with it. We do not publish the registry keys used by LabVIEW for this reason.
If you need to fix the llb support for Windows Explorer, I would recommend that your perform at least a repair on that feature under Add/Remove programs as an administrator. From your question's description, it sounds like you do not have many priviledges on this particular PC. You may want to just try it first as an admin to make sure.
Have a good one!
Charlie S.
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