When I double-click on a folder say on my C: drive, I get the Search screen.
However if I right click and select Open, the folder opens. When I
double-click on a removable drive I also get the Search screen but again a
right click and Open, opens the drive.

This may be related. When I go into the properties of a removable device and
open up the AutoPlay window, the window under "Select an action to perform"
is an empty white screen with no selections available.

This only recently occurred. Running Windows XP SP2 (with all patches
applied) Pro.

Hi Joe,

Click Start - Run and type the following command, then press enter.

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

(This tip was previously posted by David Candy)

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

Joe Brown wrote:
> When I double-click on a folder say on my C: drive, I get the Search
> screen. However if I right click and select Open, the folder opens.
> When I double-click on a removable drive I also get the Search screen
> but again a right click and Open, opens the drive.
>
> This may be related. When I go into the properties of a removable
> device and open up the AutoPlay window, the window under "Select an
> action to perform" is an empty white screen with no selections
> available.
>
> This only recently occurred. Running Windows XP SP2 (with all patches
> applied) Pro.

Bert, that certainly did the trick.

Thanks!!

"Bert Kinney" wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> Click Start - Run and type the following command, then press enter.
>
> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
>
> (This tip was previously posted by David Candy)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
> Joe Brown wrote:
> > When I double-click on a folder say on my C: drive, I get the Search
> > screen. However if I right click and select Open, the folder opens.
> > When I double-click on a removable drive I also get the Search screen
> > but again a right click and Open, opens the drive.
> >
> > This may be related. When I go into the properties of a removable
> > device and open up the AutoPlay window, the window under "Select an
> > action to perform" is an empty white screen with no selections
> > available.
> >
> > This only recently occurred. Running Windows XP SP2 (with all patches
> > applied) Pro.
>
>
>

You're welcome Joe.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


Joe Brown wrote:
> Bert, that certainly did the trick.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> "Bert Kinney" wrote:
>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> Click Start - Run and type the following command, then press enter.
>>
>> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
>>
>> (This tip was previously posted by David Candy)
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>> Joe Brown wrote:
>>> When I double-click on a folder say on my C: drive, I get the Search
>>> screen. However if I right click and select Open, the folder opens.
>>> When I double-click on a removable drive I also get the Search
>>> screen but again a right click and Open, opens the drive.
>>>
>>> This may be related. When I go into the properties of a removable
>>> device and open up the AutoPlay window, the window under "Select an
>>> action to perform" is an empty white screen with no selections
>>> available.
>>>
>>> This only recently occurred. Running Windows XP SP2 (with all
>>> patches applied) Pro.

For question #2, this page might help:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/autoplayhandlers.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


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When I double-click on a folder say on my C: drive, I get the Search screen.
However if I right click and select Open, the folder opens. When I
double-click on a removable drive I also get the Search screen but again a
right click and Open, opens the drive.

This may be related. When I go into the properties of a removable device and
open up the AutoPlay window, the window under "Select an action to perform"
is an empty white screen with no selections available.

This only recently occurred. Running Windows XP SP2 (with all patches
applied) Pro.