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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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