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re: Question about ''Same Window'' vs. ''Own Window''
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at 7:10 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Epsilon
(1 messages posted)
Guys,
I found a quick solution that works wonders!
I compared the registry of 2 WINXP machines and came up with such solution.
First of all using your REGEDIT [backup your registry] browse to
\HKEY_CLASS_ROOT\Directory\Shell
check if you have a folder called FIND and one called OPEN.
The FIND folder should contain 2 subfolders [ Command and ddeexec].
Command should contain a key like this: %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe
Ddeexex should have a key called [FindFolder("%l", %I)] and should also contain 2
subfolders called application and topic. Leave them alone.
If everything looks the same, go back and delete your Directory\shell\OPEN folder.
And voila' ... that's it.
Hope it works for you too! :-)
Epsilon
On Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 11:29 pm, Andrew White wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>It seems like everyone is finding a different fix for very similar problems here.
>After going through the entire list of fixes supplied (many thanks guys, much appreciated
>though none worked for me, unfortunately), I was still getting a search screen come
>up in a new window when I double clicked on a drive, instead of it going straight
>into exploring within the same window.
>
>Looking at Budinbuzz's post, I had a go at tinkering in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive
>area, rather than the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder and Directory areas, and this fixed
>it for me.
>
>I believe I cleared the \Drive\Shell\Find 'default' key to "(value not set)" by
right-clicking
>on 'default' and selecting 'delete'. Pretty sure it was that, but to be honest,
>after spending the last four hours sat here scouring the net and beating my registry
>with a plank with on-suite rusty nail, I didn't really expect much to work and wasn't
>paying attention :p Anyway, here's how that part of my registry looks now:
>
>\shell '(Default)' 'none'
>\shell\find '(Default)' '(value not set)'
>\shell\find\command '(Default)' '%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe'
>\shell\Find\ddeexec '(Default)' '[FindFolder("%l",%I)]
>\shell\Find\ddeexec\application '(Default)' 'Folders'
>\shell\Find\ddeexec\topic '(Default)' 'AppProperties'
>
>Hope that helps, it's not as complicated as I've somehow made it look :)
>
>-Andrew
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