double-click on mouse

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I used to be able to dbl-clk mouse to open a folder - now when I dble-clk a
search window opens - how do I stop it - anybody know a remedy ?

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Go to your mouse settings:
Start | Settings | Control Panel | Mouse | Buttons
And change the behavior of the middle mouse or dbl-clk option (depending on
your mouse software)



"Fenella" wrote:

> I used to be able to dbl-clk mouse to open a folder - now when I dble-clk a
> search window opens - how do I stop it - anybody know a remedy ?

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I tried your suggestion - unfortunately it didn't work ! but thanks for trying.

"Alex Levi" wrote:

> Go to your mouse settings:
> Start | Settings | Control Panel | Mouse | Buttons
> And change the behavior of the middle mouse or dbl-clk option (depending on
> your mouse software)
>
>
>
> "Fenella" wrote:
>
> > I used to be able to dbl-clk mouse to open a folder - now when I dble-clk a
> > search window opens - how do I stop it - anybody know a remedy ?

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Thank you very much. it WORKED - Great. Again thanks.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> 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
>
> Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
> (Courtesy of David Candy)
>
> 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, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Fenella" <Fenella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8C3F62F7-364D-4375-95FE-411833BCD62B@microsoft.com...
> >I used to be able to dbl-clk mouse to open a folder - now when I dble-clk a
> > search window opens - how do I stop it - anybody know a remedy ?
>
>

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:09:03 -0800, Fenella wrote:

> BIt worried about your suggestion - how do I reverse it. I've now tried reply
> from Ramesh and it worked ! Great. Thanks.

You wouldn't want to reverse it as doing so will get you back where the
default is search rather than open. Doug's script simply corrects this by
setting the default action back to open as it should be. Glad to hear you
got it fixed though.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

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