Opening Programs

[Guest]

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Used to be when I clicked on a Program it automatically opened that program.
Now, when I click on certain programs my computer open the "Search" field.
How do I go back to automatically opening a program when I click on it
instead of getting the Search field? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

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Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In newsAE25A5F-6737-43F8-A63F-FFA5A3225DA5@microsoft.com,
twivster <twivster@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Used to be when I clicked on a Program it automatically opened that
> program. Now, when I click on certain programs my computer open the
> "Search" field. How do I go back to automatically opening a program
> when I click on it instead of getting the Search field? Thanks.

 

[kelly]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

This comes from dabbling within the folder properties, via File Types. To
correct:

Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 /i shell32

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"twivster" <twivster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsAE25A5F-6737-43F8-A63F-FFA5A3225DA5@microsoft.com...
> Used to be when I clicked on a Program it automatically opened that
> program.
> Now, when I click on certain programs my computer open the "Search" field.
> How do I go back to automatically opening a program when I click on it
> instead of getting the Search field? Thanks.