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need help with "Folder Options" in Windows XP

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by scott

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Basicly here is the situation. When I double click to open any folder or my hard drive, it open up a search window.

What I believe I did to cause this: I was trying to change the icons for file types "Drive" and "File Folder" I clicked the "Advanced" button and then clicked the "Change Icon" button and then found the icon I liked. I have noticed that both of those file types have only "find" in the "Actions" window.

What I have tried:
I retraced my steps and changed the icons back to what they were in C:WINDOWS\system32\system32.dll

all that did was change the icon...i must have severed the program connection to open those file types. I have tryed click on the "Reset All Folders" button under the "View" tab, as well as the "Restore Defaults" button under the "View" tab. I also clicked "Restore Defaults" under the "General" tab.

the last thing I have tried is going under the "File Types" tab...selecting the file type and clicking the "Advanced" button....I then clicked the "New" button and typed in "open". I was not sure which program to use for this, so I believe I chose either fastopen or openfile or something like that. Anyway...that is where I sit.

I read one tech column that said to remove any action that did not say "open" or "explore".....however...it does not give me the option to remove anything as both the "edit" and "remove" option are grayed out.

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by captbilly1eye

Do a XP System Restore to a date prior to when the situation occurred.
Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore.

by greekchief06

well when i tried to change the icon in file types for File Folders i changed what actually opened it. so when i double clicked a folder it opened a setup.exe or something. well i couldnt find a program that i thought would work or did work. i noticed that i could right click my Folders and click explore to view whats in it. well i was browsing for a program i could use like fastopen and such and i found explorer. use that as the program. make sure u set it as the default and hit ok. hope this helps someone cause it helped me thanks scott!

by mwhipple

I'm not at a windows computer atm so I can't give specific advice, but some of the file types inherit from parent types so to speak. I think "Drives" and "File Folders" both fall under the more general "Folders" so look there for the missing actions (or scan through the other types if I got the names wrong).
If things have gotten particularly messy you can always remove the class from the registry, but that's something you don't want to play with without specific instructions.

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