How to remove an item from right click menu in Windows XP

[Guest]

This is driving me mad! An extra entry has suddenly appeared on my right
click menu. The entry is 'search...'. To make things worse it is the default
entry at the top of the menu, so every time I click to open a folder, it goes
into 'search' mode.
Where did it come from and how do I get rid of it?

Any help with this will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Big Al

 

[lvee]

you can follow this to remove items from right click.
You may need to un-hide your files/folders.
To do that, open Explorer>Tools>folder options>remove the check next to
'hide files/folders.'
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310270

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

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-

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

-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

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Guest]

Ramesh's solution worked fine. Thank you very much and thanks to all who sent
in their suggestions. Much appreciated.

Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

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-

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

-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

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

This is driving me mad! An extra entry has suddenly appeared on my right
click menu. The entry is 'search...'. To make things worse it is the
default
entry at the top of the menu, so every time I click to open a folder, it
goes
into 'search' mode.
Where did it come from and how do I get rid of it?

Any help with this will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Big Al

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome, Big Al. Thanks for letting us know.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Ramesh's solution worked fine. Thank you very much and thanks to all who
sent
in their suggestions. Much appreciated.

Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

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-

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

-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

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

This is driving me mad! An extra entry has suddenly appeared on my
right
click menu. The entry is 'search...'. To make things worse it is the
default
entry at the top of the menu, so every time I click to open a folder,
it
goes
into 'search' mode.
Where did it come from and how do I get rid of it?

Any help with this will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Big Al

 

[Guest]

Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

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-

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

-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

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

This is driving me mad! An extra entry has suddenly appeared on my right
click menu. The entry is 'search...'. To make things worse it is the
default
entry at the top of the menu, so every time I click to open a folder, it
goes
into 'search' mode.
Where did it come from and how do I get rid of it?

Any help with this will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Big Al

Yes this does work thank you

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com