Folder context menu got rearranged - HELP!

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Somehow the folder context menu (right-click on a folder or folder shortcut)
has become rearranged and "Search" has moevd to the top instead of "Open".
So, when I double-click a folder instead of opening the Search window
appears. How can I fix this?
 
This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries via
File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print Directory"
feature for folders. (example)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Resolution:

Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

-or-

To fix this manually via registry:

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 ")
 
Thank you Ramesh. The cause you mentioned is not what happened, but it did
clue me into what DID happen, plus your suggested fix worked. I realize now
that this problem started when I tried to install a custom icon for File
Folders. Knowing that the standard icons are located in shell32.dll is what
tipped me off.

Ramesh said:
This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries via
File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print Directory"
feature for folders. (example)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Resolution:

Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

-or-

To fix this manually via registry:

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 ")


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


KGF said:
Somehow the folder context menu (right-click on a folder or folder
shortcut)
has become rearranged and "Search" has moevd to the top instead of "Open".
So, when I double-click a folder instead of opening the Search window
appears. How can I fix this?
Click to expand...
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Ramesh said:
This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries
via File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print Directory"
feature for folders. (example)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Resolution:

Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
Click to expand...

Thank you, Ramesh. I had the same problem on one PC and it bothered me a
lot. Now it's fixed. The real problem for me was not so much the order of
the right-click menu options but the fact that when double-clicking a drive,
the top right-menu choice was run--and I wanted my drives to Open, not to
Search.

Craig
 
You're welcome KGF.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


KGF said:
Thank you Ramesh. The cause you mentioned is not what happened, but it
did
clue me into what DID happen, plus your suggested fix worked. I realize
now
that this problem started when I tried to install a custom icon for File
Folders. Knowing that the standard icons are located in shell32.dll is
what
tipped me off.

Ramesh said:
This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries
via
File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print Directory"
feature for folders. (example)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Resolution:

Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

-or-

To fix this manually via registry:

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 ")


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


KGF said:
Somehow the folder context menu (right-click on a folder or folder
shortcut)
has become rearranged and "Search" has moevd to the top instead of
"Open".
So, when I double-click a folder instead of opening the Search window
appears. How can I fix this?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
So what is the real fix to his problem since both refs don't address it, read
it carefully? If "regsvr32 /i shell32.dll" does fix it what exactly does
this cmd do to the registry that somehow solves the problem he described.
 
Please post your problem first. If you're facing the same problem, look at
the two KB articles.
 
OK, I guess it wasn't obvious to me how changing the registry in that manner
would fix the problem but it did...so thanks.
 
Thanks for the feedback. BTW, registering the shell32.dll as per my original
post earlier, fixes this automatically.
 
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