clicking on a File Folder always opens explorer windo

[paul]

Every folder icon I hit began opening a command window.
Right click on the icon and "Open Command Window Here"
was in bold as the default action. "Open" "Explore"
and "Search" were also available. I opened the file
viewer and found that on the "File Folder" file
actions "Open Command WIndow" was in bold as the default
action, "Explore" was listed. But there was no "Open"! to
change to the default to! I clicked "Add", typed Open and
then browsed to find Explorer.exe. I then selected "Open"
as the default action, but afterword, even with
the "Browse in same window" bubble selected on the
General Folder Options tab.

I have hunted through the Knowledge base and the various
books available in stores for the correct default action
that I should have entered into the file action window,
but can find nothing. It works now but its bloody
annoying to get a new window every time. I have to
navigate with the old explorer format to avoid this. And
I wonder if this is not the symptom of some other
potential problem.

Any help would be much appreciated. (I have done viruscan
with latest Symantec, and have detected nothing)

Thanks,
Paul

[Mark L. Ferguson]

start/run, type:

regsvr32 shell32.dll

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"paul" > wrote in message
...
> Every folder icon I hit began opening a command window.
> Right click on the icon and "Open Command Window Here"
> was in bold as the default action. "Open" "Explore"
> and "Search" were also available. I opened the file
> viewer and found that on the "File Folder" file
> actions "Open Command WIndow" was in bold as the default
> action, "Explore" was listed. But there was no "Open"! to
> change to the default to! I clicked "Add", typed Open and
> then browsed to find Explorer.exe. I then selected "Open"
> as the default action, but afterword, even with
> the "Browse in same window" bubble selected on the
> General Folder Options tab.
>
> I have hunted through the Knowledge base and the various
> books available in stores for the correct default action
> that I should have entered into the file action window,
> but can find nothing. It works now but its bloody
> annoying to get a new window every time. I have to
> navigate with the old explorer format to avoid this. And
> I wonder if this is not the symptom of some other
> potential problem.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated. (I have done viruscan
> with latest Symantec, and have detected nothing)
>
> Thanks,
> Paul

[Paul]

Tried that, got a regsvr completed successfully message,
but behavior of folders remains.

Thanks, Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>start/run, type:
>
>regsvr32 shell32.dll
>
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>Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
>Email address : Subject: "QZ" +
anything
>All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be
automatically deleted.
>marfer's notes for XP >
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
>..
>
>"paul" > wrote in message
...
>> Every folder icon I hit began opening a command window.
>> Right click on the icon and "Open Command Window Here"
>> was in bold as the default action. "Open" "Explore"
>> and "Search" were also available. I opened the file
>> viewer and found that on the "File Folder" file
>> actions "Open Command WIndow" was in bold as the
default
>> action, "Explore" was listed. But there was no "Open"!
to
>> change to the default to! I clicked "Add", typed Open
and
>> then browsed to find Explorer.exe. I then
selected "Open"
>> as the default action, but afterword, even with
>> the "Browse in same window" bubble selected on the
>> General Folder Options tab.
>>
>> I have hunted through the Knowledge base and the
various
>> books available in stores for the correct default
action
>> that I should have entered into the file action window,
>> but can find nothing. It works now but its bloody
>> annoying to get a new window every time. I have to
>> navigate with the old explorer format to avoid this.
And
>> I wonder if this is not the symptom of some other
>> potential problem.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated. (I have done
viruscan
>> with latest Symantec, and have detected nothing)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>
>.
>

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Create and run this reg file

--open_restore.reg--

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="Open"

--end file--

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Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
..

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> Tried that, got a regsvr completed successfully message,
> but behavior of folders remains.
>
> Thanks, Paul
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >start/run, type:
> >
> >regsvr32 shell32.dll
> >
> >--
> >Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> >Email address : Subject: "QZ" +
> anything
> >All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be
> automatically deleted.
> >marfer's notes for XP >
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> >..
> >
> >"paul" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Every folder icon I hit began opening a command window.
> >> Right click on the icon and "Open Command Window Here"
> >> was in bold as the default action. "Open" "Explore"
> >> and "Search" were also available. I opened the file
> >> viewer and found that on the "File Folder" file
> >> actions "Open Command WIndow" was in bold as the
> default
> >> action, "Explore" was listed. But there was no "Open"!
> to
> >> change to the default to! I clicked "Add", typed Open
> and
> >> then browsed to find Explorer.exe. I then
> selected "Open"
> >> as the default action, but afterword, even with
> >> the "Browse in same window" bubble selected on the
> >> General Folder Options tab.
> >>
> >> I have hunted through the Knowledge base and the
> various
> >> books available in stores for the correct default
> action
> >> that I should have entered into the file action window,
> >> but can find nothing. It works now but its bloody
> >> annoying to get a new window every time. I have to
> >> navigate with the old explorer format to avoid this.
> And
> >> I wonder if this is not the symptom of some other
> >> potential problem.
> >>
> >> Any help would be much appreciated. (I have done
> viruscan
> >> with latest Symantec, and have detected nothing)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Paul
> >
> >.
> >