WinExplorer opens Search, not Folders

[Miles]

Using WinXP Home, SP2. This has been occurring for some time and I
can't find a method to correct it. Example:

If I have a folder icon on the desktop and right click, "Search" is at
the top of the list, and "Open" is the 7th item down. Open used to be 1st.

If I left click on the icon it opens Search, not the usual WE window. If
I right click and choose "open," it opens the folder into WE. If then I
right click on a sub-folder, it also opens into Search. And the same
with sub-sub folders. This necessitates having to right click and
choose "open" each time.

Wondering how this can be changed so that a left click merely opens
Windows Explorer, not the search window, as it used to?

Miles

 

[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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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Miles]

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

Thank you, Wesley, that was a quick fix for this huge annoyance that has
been bugging me for six months -- and it was due to adding to the right
click menu. I simply used regedit as suggested at the msft site.

It should also be mentioned that the same was occurring if I double
clicked on the right pane of Windows Explorer; however,it was not
associated with clicking on drives in the left pane.

Miles

 

[Guest]

I don't even get the icon on desktop! Can't find Windows Explorer at all
here, even when opening Programmes/Accessories etc. at home (but can do at
work! on network) Any suggestions?

 

[Miles]

I don't even get the icon on desktop! Can't find Windows Explorer at all
here, even when opening Programmes/Accessories etc. at home (but can do at
work! on network) Any suggestions?

I don't see it listed there either, however if you have a windows key,
hit he Windows key and E and it will open, and I should think there are
other ways to open it -- heck, not everyone has a Windows Key! (FYI, I
have two shortcuts with shortcut keys and they are in the start menu
which opens WE to different places.)

What I did was to copy a directory on a CD from WE to the desktop

You could do the same with the entire WE listing of your computer -- I
just tested and with Control C and Control V, copied the C drive to an
icon on the desktop. And although it reads "Programs (C)," it is
actually the entire WE which opens to C drive and I can back up one click
to see the entire WE listing. Of course, that is unnecessary with the
use of Windows Key/E.

Miles

 

[Wesley Vogel]

You can create a shortcut to WINDOWS EXPLORER.

Right click the Desktop | New | Shortcut |
Type or copy and paste this in the box:

%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:

Click Next | Type or paste WINDOWS EXPLORER in the Type a name for this
shortcut box | Click Finish

There should be a WINDOWS EXPLORER shortcut at
Start button\Programs\Accessories. You can either copy or move your new
WINDOWS EXPLORER shortcut to Accessories.

Start | Run | Paste the following line in the box and click OK...

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories

Either drag the new shortcut into the right hand pane or copy the new
shortcut from the desktop and paste it into the right hand pane.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Miles]

You can create a shortcut to WINDOWS EXPLORER.

Right click the Desktop | New | Shortcut |
Type or copy and paste this in the box:

%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:

Click Next | Type or paste WINDOWS EXPLORER in the Type a name for this
shortcut box | Click Finish

There should be a WINDOWS EXPLORER shortcut at
Start button\Programs\Accessories. You can either copy or move your new
WINDOWS EXPLORER shortcut to Accessories.

Start | Run | Paste the following line in the box and click OK...

%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories

Either drag the new shortcut into the right hand pane or copy the new
shortcut from the desktop and paste it into the right hand pane.

Thanks, I also used it to create a new one that opens the entire drive
because I had changed mine to open to D, My files. Now if someone else
sits at the computer, it can be found.
Miles