Windows Explorer Opens New Window

[John Drees]

Somehow I have developed the problem of Windows Explorer opening a new
window when clicking a folder in the right hand pane. I have double,
tripled and quadrupled checked the options under tools, and it definitedly
says to use the same window. Help!

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

Somehow I have developed the problem of Windows Explorer opening a new
window when clicking a folder in the right hand pane. I have double,
tripled and quadrupled checked the options under tools, and it definitedly
says to use the same window. Help!

Create a new user account and see if this happens from here as well.
If not, see "How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151) for about how to replace
your current account.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

John,

Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell

In the right-pane, right-click (default) and choose Delete. It should read
"Value not set"