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re: Setting default action for ''file folder''
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 7:43 pm
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Posted by Jay (1 messages posted)


I followed your tips Janus, but this did not add "search.." when I right clicked 
a folder.  Of course, I'm not even sure what the default is because I never right 
click and search from there.

If this is the default, you can add "search..." when you right click a folder by 
importing the following into your registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find]
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
  65,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

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On Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 12:37 pm, Janus wrote:
>Inspired by the discussion, I compared the Directory key before and after "the incident". 
>The complete differences are included in context at the end of this post. But first 
>_my double-click solution_:
>
>*** begin FixFileFolder.reg ***
>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
>@="none"
>*** end FixFileFolder.reg ***
>..Just save those 4 lines in FixFileFolder.reg and all bad things go away ;-)
>
>Anyways, here are my raw diiferences:
>('Filmappe' is Danish for 'File Folder')
>
>*** OK ***
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
>@="Filmappe"
>"AlwaysShowExt"=""
>"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00
>"InfoTip"="prop:DocComments"
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
>@="none"
>
>*** No Good ***
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
>@="Filmappe"
>"AlwaysShowExt"=""
>"EditFlags"=dword:000001d2
>"InfoTip"="prop:DocComments"
>"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
>@=""

Written in response to:: re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Janus: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 12:37 pm)

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re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (TMAB: Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 7:55 am)

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Setting default action for ''file folder'' (amorous: Wed, Jun 12, 2002, 6:06 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Yap: Wed, Jun 12, 2002, 10:33 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Sarah: Tue, Aug 20, 2002, 9:22 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (jason: Thu, Aug 22, 2002, 1:54 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Sarah: Thu, Aug 22, 2002, 3:46 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Rocky Essing: Sun, Sep 22, 2002, 4:47 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Jefe Quicktech: Mon, Sep 23, 2002, 11:47 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Rocky Essing: Tue, Sep 24, 2002, 9:01 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Jefe Quicktech: Thu, Sep 26, 2002, 7:54 am)

re: The best solution for this is... (Tom est Deos: Wed, Jan 8, 2003, 2:01 pm)

re: The Above Post WORKS!!! Simple (geo: Thu, Mar 25, 2004, 11:00 pm)

Just do this... (dave: Mon, May 17, 2004, 12:36 am)

Just do this!!! (West_Ninja: Wed, Jun 2, 2004, 9:53 pm)

re: Just do this!!! (Great Alexander: Sun, Jun 20, 2004, 1:48 am)

Fix posted here! See link (Scott: Wed, Jul 14, 2004, 9:49 am)

explorer, the ultimate easy solution! NO REGEDIT NEEDED! (unanimous: Sat, Jun 5, 2004, 11:51 am)

re: explorer, the ultimate easy solution! NO REGEDIT NEEDED! (resurrect: Sun, Jul 18, 2004, 6:19 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Nike: Wed, Feb 12, 2003, 6:57 pm)

very similar problem (Felipe: Fri, Mar 28, 2003, 5:50 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Billy Girlardo: Wed, Jan 28, 2004, 2:02 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (peter: Sat, Jan 11, 2003, 2:36 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (peter: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 6:11 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Chris: Tue, Jan 7, 2003, 11:04 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Barbara: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 7:22 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Boob: Sun, Jul 10, 2005, 10:06 pm)

THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (atomik: Thu, Oct 24, 2002, 3:53 am)

re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (damon: Mon, Oct 6, 2003, 7:25 am)

re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (Fletch: Fri, Oct 10, 2003, 12:14 pm)

re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (Polly: Tue, Nov 11, 2003, 10:28 pm)

re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (Samuel_Pries: Fri, Dec 5, 2003, 9:04 pm)

re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (Jas: Sat, Dec 6, 2003, 4:05 am)

re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (techboy: Sat, Jan 15, 2005, 12:49 pm)

I tweaked this one & it worked for me! (William: Wed, Aug 29, 2007, 1:16 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Janus: Tue, Oct 29, 2002, 11:21 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (The Actuator: Thu, Dec 19, 2002, 5:33 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (The Actuator: Thu, Dec 19, 2002, 8:07 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (dave: Fri, Oct 10, 2003, 6:26 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (shyam: Sun, Feb 8, 2004, 3:49 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (resurrect: Sun, Jul 18, 2004, 6:14 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Yarroll: Tue, Jun 15, 2004, 12:35 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (anand: Thu, May 5, 2005, 11:25 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Randy G: Thu, Jul 21, 2005, 4:57 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (klaus76ro: Sun, Aug 14, 2005, 1:32 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (abel: Fri, Nov 3, 2006, 12:59 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (kenneth: Sat, Sep 28, 2002, 1:16 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Janus: Wed, Oct 30, 2002, 12:37 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Aanand Prasad: Fri, Nov 15, 2002, 7:06 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Maitre Kill: Sun, Dec 29, 2002, 7:40 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (XP User: Sat, Mar 1, 2003, 10:52 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (TechnoTone: Wed, Jul 9, 2003, 12:32 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Jay: Tue, Sep 23, 2003, 7:43 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (TMAB: Sun, Sep 28, 2003, 7:55 am)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (sephxml: Fri, Jan 2, 2004, 1:19 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Damon: Wed, Jan 7, 2004, 5:13 pm)

re: Setting default action for ''file folder'' (Erik: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 11:25 am)

How to Open Folders in Same Window (Mike: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 5:34 am)

re: How to Open Folders in Same Window (Emily: Thu, Jul 13, 2006, 10:09 pm)

Best Solution Guaranteed (Shaps: Sun, Jun 19, 2005, 2:19 pm)

re: Best Solution Guaranteed - WORKED!!! (Cheryl: Fri, Oct 7, 2005, 2:07 am)

re: Best Solution Guaranteed - WORKED!!! (James: Mon, Oct 24, 2005, 12:14 am)

re: Best Solution Guaranteed (Paul Boudreaux: Mon, Dec 12, 2005, 3:52 pm)

Thank you very much! (wig: Fri, Oct 28, 2005, 3:06 am)

Please help - all above doesnt work for me! (Rob Hasler: Mon, Oct 9, 2006, 3:41 am)

re: all above doesnt work for me- It will work (amrita: Sun, Dec 24, 2006, 10:18 am)

re: all above doesnt work for me- It will work (Orison Almeida: Thu, Dec 28, 2006, 10:02 am)

re: open files in one window (danstmp: Sun, Oct 5, 2008, 6:29 am)

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