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Question about 'Customize Context Menus'
Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 9:37 pm
Posted by Russell (2 messages posted)

I have a question about Customize Context Menus:

Is there a way to change the default highlighted option in the context menu? I followed the instructions on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q272623/ and now wish I hadnt. When I added the 'Print this directory' item as I wanted, my default 'double click' action for all folders changed from OPEN to SEARCH... and now whenever I double click a folder, instead of opening it, it opens a search window. Is there a registry edit I can make to force OPEN to be the default? It cannot be done in the edit file type dialog under tools > Folder options > File Types TAB > File folder > advanced, which is the method I used to create the item. I also could not remove the item this way, so I removed it in the registry, but my default is still stuck at SEARCH...

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Ignore my Question about 'Customize Context Menus'
Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 9:56 pm
Posted by Russell (2 messages posted)

Some else had already asked, the solution was here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321186&Product=winxp I cant remove my post... so sorry for asking again about an already solved problem...


On Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 9:37 pm, Russell wrote:
>I have a question about Customize
>Context Menus
:


>
>Is there a way to change the default highlighted option in the context menu?
>
>I followed the instructions on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q272623/
>and now wish I hadnt. When I added the 'Print this directory' item as I wanted, my
>default 'double click' action for all folders changed from OPEN to SEARCH... and
>now whenever I double click a folder, instead of opening it, it opens a search window.
>Is there a registry edit I can make to force OPEN to be the default? It cannot be
>done in the edit file type dialog under tools > Folder options > File Types TAB >
>File folder > advanced, which is the method I used to create the item. I also could
>not remove the item this way, so I removed it in the registry, but my default is
>still stuck at SEARCH...
>

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re: Ignore my Question about 'Customize Context Menus'
Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 10:09 pm
Posted by BHC (991 messages posted)

Don't worry about it. You'd be surprised how many people still post "I get lots of popups, how can I get rid of them?" or "I downloaded 'killmypc.exe' from a free online casino, do you think its a virus?" *sarcasm intended*

Your question doesn't inconvenience anyone. In fact, I'd never heard of that before, so thanks for sharing.

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