re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at 10:28 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Polly (1 messages posted) Just want to Thankyou all for your answers!! Tech support was stumped when I called them!!! I FIXED IT!!!! On Friday, October 10, 2003 at 12:14 pm, Fletch wrote: >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 > > Written in response to: re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (Fletch: Friday, October 10, 2003 at 12:14 pm) Responses to this message: re: THINK THERE IS AN ANSWER : worked for me! (Samuel_Pries: Friday, December 5, 2003 at 9:04 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] 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! 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