WINDOWS XP FOLDER OPTIONS

[Guest]

Everything was fine. I visited "Folder Options" in Control Panel , looking at
FileTypes to see what program opened a JPEG file, and noticed under an entry:
(NONE) File Folder. The file type was greyed out. I clicked on "Advanced" to
see what was there, and saw "find". I could not and did not try to make any
changes. When I closed everything back up, I found that now when I
double-click a folder anywhere onmy computer, (including inside another
folder), it opens in the "Search" window instead of the folder opening to
reveal it's contents. Tried re-booting;everythingIcould think of. Any ideas?

 

[kmsp87]

The exact same thing has happened to my system!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Yes your suggestion did work very well, and Ialso learned quite a bit about the registry. What a dumb glitch on Microsoft's part. Traps innocent people. Thank you for your quick and accurate response to my issue. J DeBell

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Glad to hear it. Keep having fun.

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