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Skint4sure

Hi All

For some reason unknown to myself when I now double click on a file it
automatically opens up the SEARCH window instead of just OPENING the file and
displaying its contents.
I am totally LOST as to how I resolve this problem.
If it helps I no longer have the OPEN WITH option available to me.
Many thanks for your kind help.
 
It would have helped us to help you, if you'd mentioned the filetype, (the 3
or 4 characters after the . [dot] that follows the filename).

Perhaps you might like to use Google to search for information using
keywords like 'filetype' 'association' (without the apostrophes'

regards, Richard
 
All the yellow folders when double clicked just open to a SEARCH window instead
of the normal/default OPEN>
 
Hi All

For some reason unknown to myself when I now double click on a file it
automatically opens up the SEARCH window instead of just OPENING the file and
displaying its contents.
I am totally LOST as to how I resolve this problem.
If it helps I no longer have the OPEN WITH option available to me.
Many thanks for your kind help.

See MVP Doug Knox's page for a VBS file you can download and run to fix
this:

"Search/Command Prompt Opens When Double Clicking a Folder"
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm
 
Skint4sure said:
For some reason unknown to myself when I now double click on a file it
automatically opens up the SEARCH window instead of just OPENING the file and
displaying its contents.

Start - Run - regedit.exe

Open the left pane, explorer style, by clicking + boxes to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
Highlight it, and in the right pane double click on (Default) and enter
the exact four character word
none

Repeat at
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
 

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