click.. but I dont want to search... help

[woolee]

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

 

[Alan Edwards]

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_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

....Alan

 

[Tim Meddick]

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.

 

[Peter Foldes]

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

 

[woolee]

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!

 

[woolee]

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!

 

[woolee]

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

 

[Tim Meddick]

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]

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