explorer openign each link in different folder (weird!)

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hi all

i am a reasonably advanced computer techy so enjoy the odd bit of fiddling
around and tweaking my OS. So the other day, I decided I'd change the icon
for file folders on my windows XP machine, so that everytime i go into the
hard drive root, id get nice shiny icons instead of the usual windows folder
icons.

anyway, by doing this, I have somehow changed the way explorer handles
files. everytime i double click a drive or a folder, it'll open up in a
seperate window, leaving the original folder still open in the background and
I want it so that when I open the folder, to open it in the original window.

I'm guessin that I have messed up one of the parameters or syntaxes in
explorer command. I have double checked that in folder options, the open
folder in same window is selected and it is.

rather confused, any help would be great.

thanks
 
dave_1988 said:
hi all

i am a reasonably advanced computer techy so enjoy the odd bit of fiddling
around and tweaking my OS. So the other day, I decided I'd change the icon
for file folders on my windows XP machine, so that everytime i go into the
hard drive root, id get nice shiny icons instead of the usual windows folder
icons.

anyway, by doing this, I have somehow changed the way explorer handles
files. everytime i double click a drive or a folder, it'll open up in a
seperate window, leaving the original folder still open in the background and
I want it so that when I open the folder, to open it in the original window.

I'm guessin that I have messed up one of the parameters or syntaxes in
explorer command. I have double checked that in folder options, the open
folder in same window is selected and it is.

rather confused, any help would be great.

thanks
Click to expand...

Why this would change, I can't say, but there's an option in Folder
Options, View tab, to "Launch folder windows in a separate process".
Perhaps this is checked..
 
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