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Old August 2nd 15, 07:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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Default XP Explorer Left Pane Folders

AlleyCat wrote:

XP Explorer Left Pane Folders

Need to know how to stop left-pane underlined and single-click on folders
to open and expand. I want to stop auto-expand.

This is left pane... the options to "double-click" don't work.

Maybe a registry edit? Thanks.


When you say double-click options don't work, are you saying opening
Windows Explorer (not XP Explorer, which is http://www.xpexplorer.com/)
and selecting the Tools - Options menu, in the General tab, that
deselecting (disabling) single-click by selecting (enabling)
"Double-click to open an item (single-click to select)" doesn't let you
single-click on a folder to just select it?

You sure your mouse is working; i.e., that it isn't bouncing its
contacts in the switch to effect a double click rather than a single
click? That's why my mouse is doing now. Not all the time but often
enough to make me buy a new mouse. All mice are still mechanical
devices. They still have mechanical switches and their shell must flex
to push the switches and the wheel is obviously mechanical despite it
may use an LED to watch the rotation. Having a LED watch for position
change does not eliminate the other parts are mechanically based.

Maybe you have the double-clicking interval too long so two successive
clicks you think are far enough apart to be single clicks are actually
interpreted as a double-click. Go into the Mouse applet in Control
Panel and test your double-click speed. Your double-click speed (the
interval between clicks) might be set too slow.

If the problem isn't caused by a defective mouse (try a different one)
or overly long delay configured between clicks to effect a double click
then Windows Explorer not obeying the "Double click to open" setting
means you likely installed something that interferes with double
clicking or mouse operation.

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