windows changed and I can't change it back

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"klid" <klid357@hush.com> wrote in message news:%23MxTRSEgFHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> can someone help me with this problem.... when i click on my c drive in my
> computer it opens up a search dialouge. when i right click on my drive by
> default instead of the word (open) being there i see the word (search).as
> the first option instead of (open) how can I change this?
> every time i double click on one of my drives it opens up the windows search
> utility.even on my cd drive. Aside from that nothing will read automaticaly.
> (it used to about 2 weeks ago but it has stopped and i don't know how or
> why. my cd drive wont autorun any programs i insert even windows xp cd. 2
> weeks i have been trying to fix this to no avail.
> can anyone help pleaseeeeeee?
> klid357@hush.com
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