Damon is perfectly correct.  Somehow when certain things are installed, or when different 
shells are created (like the PRINT_DIRECTORY_LISTING) shell, the default value can 
be cleared.

For the layperson who may not be familiar with any aspect of the registry, the following 
is a step by step of what Damon is saying.

1) click "start" and select "run"
2) type "regedit" (without the quotes) and click "OK"
3) double-click on "HKEY_CLASSES_REGISTRY" to expand the list
4) find "Directory" in the list and double-click on it to expand its contents
5) find "shell" and click on it
6) you should see "(Default)" in the right window, double click on that
7) A box should pop-up with two form fields, the bottom one says "Value data:".  
Simply type "open" (without the quotes) into the bottom field.
8) click "OK" to save and close the pop-up
9) close the registry by clicking on the corner "X" as with any folder or program.
10) right click on an empty space on the desktop and select "refresh".
11) now open "windows explorer" and try double-clicking on a folder.  It should open 
the folder and show its contents instead of opening a search box.

Good luck.

Fletch






On Monday, October 6, 2003 at 7:25 am, damon wrote:
>As said below, the simplest thing to do is:
>
>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT --> Directory --> Shell and change the value data for (Default) 
>to open and everything will work good as new!
>
>It's the quickest and easiest solution I have found yet.
>
>Damon
>
>

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