[MadDog5145]

Everytime I double-click a folder to open it, Windows search window pops up instead. I have no idea whats going on......

As you can see the search function moved all the up in my context menu

 

[ricardo diaz]

Did you get a skin for windows?

If so, maybe there's a glitch with it?


Other than that, I have no idea.


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[MadDog5145]

I have been running that theme for a long time.

 

[redshifter]

your mouse buttons have been reversed. try the mouse control panel or reloading the mouse driver.

 

[MadDog5145]

My mouse buttons are fine. I just right clicked on one of the folders to show that the search was on top of context menu where "open" should be.....

 

[socrates63]

Check out Customize Context Menus article at Annoyances.org. Basically, from Windows Explorer, you need to click Tools > Folder Options > File Types. From the list of registered file types, select Folder and then click Advanced. You then need to specify the proper default action of the double click.

You can specify the default action of a double click on a file type basis. Something must have changed the setting. Hopefully you only have this issue with folders.

Edit: I'll save you the trouble of visiting the link...

For file icons (Windows Me/2000/XP):

1. Select Folder Options from the Tools menu in My Computer or Explorer, and click the File Types tab.

1. Highlight the desired file type, and click Advanced.

1. Here, you can specify a new name for this file type (to be listed in the type column in Explorer), as well as the default icon for files of this type.

1. In the box entitled Actions, is a list of the customizable context menu items. The bold item is the default (the action carried out when you double-click on a file of this type).

1. You can add new items, change the default action, and remove unwanted items here. For new items, simply specify the program with which you want the action caried out.

 

[MadDog5145]

Tried that and set open to default, but it is still giving me the same problem. Am I changing the wrong the thing?

 

[Lisa]

Maybe you can do "system restore"? If you change your setting back to a restore point somewhere last week the problem is probably gone.

I has worked for me with freak problems like this...

 

[MadDog5145]

Ok, I figured out that for File Folders the default action was set to find (I dont know how that happened), but there is no "open" option

 

[MadDog5145]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa Maybe you can do "system restore"? If you change your setting back to a restore point somewhere last week the problem is probably gone. I has worked for me with freak problems like this...

I never had freaked problems like this or any other problems I couldnt figure out, so I had system restore turned off.....oops...

 

[socrates63]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadDog5145 Ok, I figured out that for File Folders the default action was set to find (I dont know how that happened), but there is no "open" option

The default action of File Folders is set to find on my system as well, but I don't have the problem you described. I'm stumped.

If you want, I can get you a free technical support telephone session with Microsoft customer support.... if you can wait til Thursday. I've taken the day off tomorrow and I left the tech support calling card at the office. Let me know.

 

[zChan]

The Directory Shell is taking preference over Folder Shell in the registry.
Open regedit, and find the following Keys.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shel l
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

when clicked,the default property's value in these keys should be set to "none".

If the value is blank, I think its considered to be not "none" and windows thinks that the first shell command under the Directory Shell is the default command.

Of course, the usual disclaimer applys when editing registry.

 

[MadDog5145]

I did some major googling last night and found someone with the exact problem as me (Link . Tried his solution and its working so far...crosses fingers.....

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shel l
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
Those two values were set to open, but everything is fine now so I wont touch them unless stuff goes screwy again......

 

[zChan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadDog5145 I did some major googling last night and found someone with the exact problem as me (Link . Tried his solution and its working so far...crosses fingers..... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shel l HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell Those two values were set to open, but everything is fine now so I wont touch them unless stuff goes screwy again......

nice to hear you got it fixed.

 

[socrates63]

Glad to hear it's been fixed. You might want to reconsider turning on System Restore