Changing order in File & Folder Tasks

[ellarjee]

In the second column of List View in Windows Explorer are shown folders and
filenames. When I right-click a folder a box (which might be called the File
and Folder Tasks box but I'm not sure) pops up with the actions Search,
Explore, Open, Send To , Rename, Delete, Properties etc listed one under the
other. Previously Explore was at the top of the list but now Search is.
That means I get the Search Results window when I double left-click on a
folder name. Instead I want to obtain the same result I’d get if I selected
Explore from the actions list. This would happen if Explore was at the top
of the actions list and not Search. How do I get Explore to replace Search
at the top of the list?

 

[Barry Schwarz]

In the second column of List View in Windows Explorer are shown folders and
filenames. When I right-click a folder a box (which might be called the File
and Folder Tasks box but I'm not sure) pops up with the actions Search,
Explore, Open, Send To , Rename, Delete, Properties etc listed one under the
other. Previously Explore was at the top of the list but now Search is.
That means I get the Search Results window when I double left-click on a
folder name. Instead I want to obtain the same result I’d get if I selected
Explore from the actions list. This would happen if Explore was at the top
of the actions list and not Search. How do I get Explore to replace Search
at the top of the list?

From an account with administrator privileges:
Tools->Folder Options->File Types
Select the entry for Folder
Click on Advanced
Highlight Explore and click Set Default


Remove del for email

 

[ellarjee]

Thanks for your advice, Barry, but I couldn't get it to work. "Set default"
is grayed out when I highlight Explore in File Types/Folder/Folder. As well
as Explore there is Open for which "Set default" is not grayed out. I tried
clicking on "Set Default" for Open but that had no effect on the list for
which I'm trying to change the order to get Explore to the top.
Actually, Explore was not grayed out every time, but most of the time I
tried it, but clicking "Set default" when I could had no effect.

Also, what do you mean by "Remove del for email"?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Fix "Search" Opens Instead of Explorer:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

-or-

Click Start/Run and type:

reg add hkcr\directory\shell /ve /d none /f

-and-

reg add hkcr\drive\shell /ve /d none /f

Alternately, to fix this manually via a registry edit:

If this problem is seen for Drives:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

If this problem is seen for folders:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
Set (default) to "none" (without ")


See also:

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


--
Regards,

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


In the second column of List View in Windows Explorer are shown folders and
filenames. When I right-click a folder a box (which might be called the File
and Folder Tasks box but I'm not sure) pops up with the actions Search,
Explore, Open, Send To , Rename, Delete, Properties etc listed one under the
other. Previously Explore was at the top of the list but now Search is.
That means I get the Search Results window when I double left-click on a
folder name. Instead I want to obtain the same result I’d get if I selected
Explore from the actions list. This would happen if Explore was at the top
of the actions list and not Search. How do I get Explore to replace Search
at the top of the list?