XP Folder prob.

[Sar]

In Windows Explorer, whenever I double click on a folder in the right hand pane (left hand showing folder tree), it opens the folder in a new window, rather than expanding the tree on the left and showing the contents on the right.

How the friar tuck do I fix this back to normal?

TIA.

 

[Jonty]

Hi Sar

In Windows Explorer/My Computer etc. ...

• On the top menu bar click 'Tools' > 'Folder Options'
• In the 'General' tab, under 'Browse Folders', select 'Open each folder in the same window'
• Click Apply/OK

That should hopefully sort it

Kind Regards

 

[Sar]

Nah, first thing I tried, but it doesn't work. I think it may be a registry problem somewhere...

 

[Shovel]

You could try swapping it to "Open in new window", applying and then setting it back?

Do you have any other "Explorer Enhancement" type softwares running?

 

[Sar]

Tried that too Shovel, didn't work.

Nope, no other explorer enhancement doohickeys running either...

Tis a weird one.

 

[phlash]

'Tools->Folder Options->View->Launch folder windows in a separate process'

Untick

Phil (who just happened to do this at work today).

 

[Sar]

Wasn't ticked.

Tried ticking it, applying it then unticking it, but no dice.

Bet it's the bloody registry playing up.

 

[Shovel]

Aye, it does sound very odd. Have you tried searching the Microsoft knowledge base?

If not, send off a support request to Microsoft detailing the problem. You'll have a few days correspondance with a techie - most of whom I've found do know their stuff and are usually quite happy to play around with "not in the manual" ideas too.

 

[Sar]

Can find nowt on KB about it.

Looks like it'll be an email to an M$ techie.

 

[phlash]

Wasn't ticked.

Tried ticking it, applying it then unticking it, but no dice

Hmmn. Strange. That worked for me on Win2k (after I restarted the shell of course). Best wishes dealing with the evil one..

 

[Sar]

Last effort:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder]
@="Folder"
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,03,00,00
"TileInfo"="prop:Size"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,33,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000022
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,20,00,2f,00,65,00,2c,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,\
00,25,00,49,00,2c,00,25,00,4c,00,00,00

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

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

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

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

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000010
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000012

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,20,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,00,25,00,49,00,2c,\
00,25,00,4c,00,00,00

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

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

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

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

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\LDVPMenu]
@="{BDA77241-42F6-11d0-85E2-00AA001FE28C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\DragDropHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\DragDropHandlers\{BD472F60-27FA-11cf-B8B4-444553540000}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]








Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Folder]
@="Folder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.Folder\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

 

[xane]

Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab -> "Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list"

worth a try.

 

[Sar]

Tried that too.

Have it left like that too, as I prefer it that way - hadn't had it off before (oo-er).