when I left click on a folder to open a file the "search" window opens.
When I right click the submenu says..
search...
open
explore

How do I get the "open" back on top, so when I click a folder it just
opens...
please email me with ideas to fix this
wooleeacre @ yahoo.com

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Search or Command Prompt opens when double clicking a folder
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...older_open.htm

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:40:01 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, woolee
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>when I left click on a folder to open a file the "search" window opens.
>When I right click the submenu says..
>search...
>open
>explore
>
>How do I get the "open" back on top, so when I click a folder it just
>opens...
>please email me with ideas to fix this
>wooleeacre @ yahoo.com

Copy and paste the following two commands into either the "Run" box on
your 'Start Menu' or a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window :


reg ADD HKCR\Folder\Shell /ve /d open /f


reg DELETE HKCR\Directory\Shell /ve /f


(The above commands should both be one-liners but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the commands both begin with 'reg' and
end with '/f')

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"woolee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C28568F3-3B49-443A-81C9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> when I left click on a folder to open a file the "search" window
> opens.
> When I right click the submenu says..
> search...
> open
> explore
>
> How do I get the "open" back on top, so when I click a folder it just
> opens...
> please email me with ideas to fix this
> wooleeacre @ yahoo.com

You did a masterful job on multiposting this issue. Have you checked the other
newsgroups for answers

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

Thank you I will consider both yours and "Tim's" advice and will let you know
if this fixes it!
thank you for the prompt advice!


"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186
>
> Search or Command Prompt opens when double clicking a folder
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...older_open.htm
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:40:01 -0700, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, woolee
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >when I left click on a folder to open a file the "search" window opens.
> >When I right click the submenu says..
> >search...
> >open
> >explore
> >
> >How do I get the "open" back on top, so when I click a folder it just
> >opens...
> >please email me with ideas to fix this
> >wooleeacre @ yahoo.com
>

Thank you I will consider both yours and "Alan's" advice and will let you
know if this fixes it!
thank you for the prompt advice!



"Tim Meddick" wrote:

> Copy and paste the following two commands into either the "Run" box on
> your 'Start Menu' or a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window :
>
>
> reg ADD HKCR\Folder\Shell /ve /d open /f
>
>
> reg DELETE HKCR\Directory\Shell /ve /f
>
>
> (The above commands should both be one-liners but may not appear so due
> to line-wrap. Please ensure that the commands both begin with 'reg' and
> end with '/f')
>
> *Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
> backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.
>
> ==
>
> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>
>
>
>
> "woolee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C28568F3-3B49-443A-81C9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > when I left click on a folder to open a file the "search" window
> > opens.
> > When I right click the submenu says..
> > search...
> > open
> > explore
> >
> > How do I get the "open" back on top, so when I click a folder it just
> > opens...
> > please email me with ideas to fix this
> > wooleeacre @ yahoo.com
>
>
>

thank you kind sir...
I am waiting for any additional posts, but I will consider the previous
recommendations... happily, I might add : )


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> You did a masterful job on multiposting this issue. Have you checked the other
> newsgroups for answers
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
>

Woolee,
the registry 'fix' that I posted was intended to be a
*quick* remedy.

If, however, you are apprehensive of using it, just go to the 'Folder
Options' control panel, and under the 'File Types' tab, go to the type:
"Folder" and click on the 'Advanced' button.

Then simply change the 'Set as default' behaviour from 'Find' to
'Explore' (or to 'Explore from here').

Just as if you were editing the right-click options for any file-type -
the only difference being that you are editing the item for 'Folder'.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"woolee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8F5A460D-6262-4380-B473-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you I will consider both yours and "Alan's" advice and will let
> you
> know if this fixes it!
> thank you for the prompt advice!
>
>
>
> "Tim Meddick" wrote:
>
>> Copy and paste the following two commands into either the "Run" box
>> on
>> your 'Start Menu' or a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window :
>>
>>
>> reg ADD HKCR\Folder\Shell /ve /d open /f
>>
>>
>> reg DELETE HKCR\Directory\Shell /ve /f
>>
>>
>> (The above commands should both be one-liners but may not appear so
>> due
>> to line-wrap. Please ensure that the commands both begin with 'reg'
>> and
>> end with '/f')
>>
>> *Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create
>> a
>> backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "woolee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C28568F3-3B49-443A-81C9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > when I left click on a folder to open a file the "search" window
>> > opens.
>> > When I right click the submenu says..
>> > search...
>> > open
>> > explore
>> >
>> > How do I get the "open" back on top, so when I click a folder it
>> > just
>> > opens...
>> > please email me with ideas to fix this
>> > wooleeacre @ yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>

Timi, Alan and Peter... Thank you so much for helping me! It worked
wonderfully well.

Now lets just hope whatever my unconstrained digits do... they dont do it
again....
Carolyn

"woolee" wrote:

> thank you kind sir...
> I am waiting for any additional posts, but I will consider the previous
> recommendations... happily, I might add : )
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
> > You did a masterful job on multiposting this issue. Have you checked the other
> > newsgroups for answers
> >
> > --
> > Peter
> >
> > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
> >
> >