Win XP Folders always open in Search Mode

Win XP Folders always open in Search Mode

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Win XP Folders always open in Search Mode TobeeDobee 05-22-2006
Posted by TobeeDobee on May 22, 2006, 12:50 am
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Working on a computer for a woman at my church. Her 2003 Dell (XP Home
SP2) machine always opens the folders in SEARCH mode. Looked all
through the system and can't come up with a solution. IT gang at the
office thinks I'm nutz. Reloaded SP2 and problem persists. Only way
around this is to "Explore All Users".

PC has AVG Antivirus, AdAware, Spybot. None of them find a thing.
Been working PCs 20 years about to change jobs to toilet paper
re-roller over this one. I'm stumped. MS is no help.

Tobee


Posted by Malke on May 22, 2006, 8:04 am
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TobeeDobee wrote:

> Working on a computer for a woman at my church. Her 2003 Dell (XP
> Home
> SP2) machine always opens the folders in SEARCH mode. Looked all
> through the system and can't come up with a solution. IT gang at the
> office thinks I'm nutz. Reloaded SP2 and problem persists. Only way
> around this is to "Explore All Users".
>
> PC has AVG Antivirus, AdAware, Spybot. None of them find a thing.
> Been working PCs 20 years about to change jobs to toilet paper
> re-roller over this one. I'm stumped. MS is no help.
>
> Tobee

Very simple fix if this is what you mean:

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

MVP Doug Knox's fix -
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Malke
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