Please Help Urgent

[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.

 

[RJK]

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

 

[Skint4sure]

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

 

[Sharon F]

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

 

[Kelly]

Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 /i shell32

 

[Alex Nichol]

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