Double-clicking folder is launching search, why?

[Guest]

For some reason my double-clicking function has changed for my folders.
Instead of opening the folder the search function is launched. I can still
open the folder by right-clicking and selecting open from the menu. when I
open the right click menu, I can see that 'search' is bolded and at the top
indicating it as the default double-click. How can i change it back to open
as the default? I cant seem to find the answer in the folder options under
'tools' menu...

 

[Malke]

For some reason my double-clicking function has changed for my folders.
Instead of opening the folder the search function is launched. I can still
open the folder by right-clicking and selecting open from the menu. when I
open the right click menu, I can see that 'search' is bolded and at the top
indicating it as the default double-click. How can i change it back to open
as the default? I cant seem to find the answer in the folder options under
'tools' menu...

MVP Doug Knox's fix -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm


Malke

 

[Don Schmidt]

Microsoft has a fix here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321186

 

[Ayush]

[KateS] wrote-:

For some reason my double-clicking function has changed for my folders.
Instead of opening the folder the search function is launched. I can still
open the folder by right-clicking and selecting open from the menu. when I
open the right click menu, I can see that 'search' is bolded and at the top
indicating it as the default double-click. How can i change it back to open
as the default? I cant seem to find the answer in the folder options under
'tools' menu...

http://snipurl.com/Double_Click

Or

Start | Run :
reg.exe add "HKCR\Directory\shell" /ve /d "none" /f

Or

Start | Run :
Regsvr32 /i Shell32

Good Luck, Ayush.