Irritating Explorer behaviour

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Hi
I recently got my new laptop, preinstalled with WinXP Home Edition. In
Explorer, when I double click a folder, a search window opens, instead of a
folder displaying the folder contents.
In the popup menu, "Search" is highlighted, on top of the menu.

How can I alter those settings, so that "Open" is the default?

Please tell me it can be done, as it is the laptop is virtually useless...

 

[Guest]

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took a whole 1 second on google !!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=double+click+opens+search+instead+of+folder&meta=
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there are no problems just challenges


"Haleth" wrote:

> Hi
> I recently got my new laptop, preinstalled with WinXP Home Edition. In
> Explorer, when I double click a folder, a search window opens, instead of a
> folder displaying the folder contents.
> In the popup menu, "Search" is highlighted, on top of the menu.
>
> How can I alter those settings, so that "Open" is the default?
>
> Please tell me it can be done, as it is the laptop is virtually useless...

 

[Guest]

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Thanks! Will try as soon as I get home.
I had "popup" among my search criteria, that's probably why I couldn't find
it ;D

"steve.a" wrote:

> took a whole 1 second on google !!
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=double+click+opens+search+instead+of+folder&meta=
> --
> there are no problems just challenges
>
>
> "Haleth" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I recently got my new laptop, preinstalled with WinXP Home Edition. In
> > Explorer, when I double click a folder, a search window opens, instead of a
> > folder displaying the folder contents.
> > In the popup menu, "Search" is highlighted, on top of the menu.
> >
> > How can I alter those settings, so that "Open" is the default?
> >
> > Please tell me it can be done, as it is the laptop is virtually useless...