Published on December 13, 2005 By -OZZY- In Windows XP
ok here it is, every time i double click to open a shortcut to a folder on my desktop it opens "search" ....
when i go to my documents in the start menu, click it, then it opens fine but as soon as i want to open another folder in my documents it opens
"search" again....does anybody know what is going on....how do i get rid of this...??
btw, the folders i used here are just an example, it happens with every folder....
if u have any ideas it would be very much appreciated !!

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on Dec 13, 2005
If you rightclick on the folder do you have a bold Open menu item at the top?

If not you need to cut the following & paste to a notepad file and rename with the extension '.reg'. Then double click it and allow it to be added to the registry. Hope it helps...

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder]
@="Folder"
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\shell32.dll,3"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec]
"NoActivateHandler"=""
@="[ViewFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\Explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec]
"NoActivateHandler"=""
@="[ExploreFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\Explorer.exe /e,/idlist,%I,%L"


Posted via WinCustomize Browser/Stardock Central
on Dec 13, 2005
no, i have the "search" bold on top...
i tried this and it didn't change anything...
thx a lot anyway...
on Dec 14, 2005
ok, i fixed the problem....it was a bug i had to set right in the registry
but the bug shouldn't be there cuz i have SP2, all very weird but it's fixed...
on Dec 14, 2005
the bug shouldn't be there cuz i have SP2


That doesn't mean some other program can't come along and change it later!

Anyway, glad to see you got it fixed.



Posted via WinCustomize Browser/Stardock Central
on Dec 14, 2005
i'm glad too....again thx for your help !!