windows changed and I can't change it back......

[klid]

can someone help me with this problem.... when i click on my c drive in my
computer it opens up a search dialouge. when i right click on my drive by
default instead of the word (open) being there i see the word (search).as
the first option instead of (open) how can I change this?
every time i double click on one of my drives it opens up the windows search
utility.even on my cd drive. Aside from that nothing will read automaticaly.
(it used to about 2 weeks ago but it has stopped and i don't know how or
why. my cd drive wont autorun any programs i insert even windows xp cd. 2
weeks i have been trying to fix this to no avail.
can anyone help pleaseeeeeee?

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries via
File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print Directory"
feature for folders. (example)

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Resolution:

Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

-or-

To fix this manually via registry:

If this problem is seen for Drives:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

If this problem is seen for folders:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


"klid" > wrote in message
...
> can someone help me with this problem.... when i click on my c drive in my
> computer it opens up a search dialouge. when i right click on my drive by
> default instead of the word (open) being there i see the word (search).as
> the first option instead of (open) how can I change this?
> every time i double click on one of my drives it opens up the windows
> search utility.even on my cd drive. Aside from that nothing will read
> automaticaly. (it used to about 2 weeks ago but it has stopped and i don't
> know how or why. my cd drive wont autorun any programs i insert even
> windows xp cd. 2 weeks i have been trying to fix this to no avail.
> can anyone help pleaseeeeeee?
>
>
>

[klid]

Thank u for yur help i dont think iwould have figured it out, do u also knw
how to turn my cd roms autorun feature back on?
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" > wrote in message
...
> Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
>
> This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries
> via File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print Directory"
> feature for folders. (example)
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186
>
> Resolution:
>
> Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
> (Tip from David Candy)
>
> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
>
> -or-
>
> To fix this manually via registry:
>
> If this problem is seen for Drives:
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
> Set (default) to "none" (without ")
>
> If this problem is seen for folders:
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
> Set (default) to "none" (without ")
>
> --
> Ramesh, MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
> Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
>
>
> "klid" > wrote in message
> ...
>> can someone help me with this problem.... when i click on my c drive in
>> my computer it opens up a search dialouge. when i right click on my drive
>> by default instead of the word (open) being there i see the word
>> (search).as the first option instead of (open) how can I change this?
>> every time i double click on one of my drives it opens up the windows
>> search utility.even on my cd drive. Aside from that nothing will read
>> automaticaly. (it used to about 2 weeks ago but it has stopped and i
>> don't know how or why. my cd drive wont autorun any programs i insert
>> even windows xp cd. 2 weeks i have been trying to fix this to no avail.
>> can anyone help pleaseeeeeee?
>>
>>
>>
>

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Try the Autoplay Repair tool from MS

Download details: Autoplay Repair Wizard:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en


--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx


"klid" > wrote in message
...
> Thank u for yur help i dont think iwould have figured it out, do u also
> knw how to turn my cd roms autorun feature back on?
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Issue: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
>>
>> This problem occurs when you alter the "Drive" / "File Folders" entries
>> via File Types dialog, to add a "Command Prompt here" or "Print
>> Directory" feature for folders. (example)
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321379
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186
>>
>> Resolution:
>>
>> Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
>> (Tip from David Candy)
>>
>> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
>>
>> -or-
>>
>> To fix this manually via registry:
>>
>> If this problem is seen for Drives:
>>
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
>> Set (default) to "none" (without ")
>>
>> If this problem is seen for folders:
>>
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
>> Set (default) to "none" (without ")
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>> Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx
>>
>>
>> "klid" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> can someone help me with this problem.... when i click on my c drive in
>>> my computer it opens up a search dialouge. when i right click on my
>>> drive by default instead of the word (open) being there i see the word
>>> (search).as the first option instead of (open) how can I change this?
>>> every time i double click on one of my drives it opens up the windows
>>> search utility.even on my cd drive. Aside from that nothing will read
>>> automaticaly. (it used to about 2 weeks ago but it has stopped and i
>>> don't know how or why. my cd drive wont autorun any programs i insert
>>> even windows xp cd. 2 weeks i have been trying to fix this to no avail.
>>> can anyone help pleaseeeeeee?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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