please help re SEARCH option

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Hi Shelagh,

D/load and run this fix, provided courtesy of Doug Knox, and see if that
resolves the problem:

folder_open.vbs - Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder
http://dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm



Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Shelagh" <noyb@myob.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:aIg6e.957532$6l.321219@pd7tw2no...
> My folders, except for documents will not open with a left click.
> (my mouse is set for one click opening)
> What I get when I right click is I get a menu with the 'Search' at the top
> and then open, explore, sharing and security etc.....
> Then when I click on the Search I get the actual search option with xp
with
> the wizard etc... it won't open the folder or anything related... just as
if
> I had clicked Start and then Search as if looking for a file or folder or
> the internet or whatever.
> The same thing happens when I do left click on my folders in my documents
or
> on my desktop etc.... all that comes up is the Search folder with options.
> When I right click and click on the 'open' option under the 'search' above
> it the folder opens properly. But that is the only way to access my
folders,
> all of them except my documents.
> It has not always been like this and I don't know what has happened to
make
> it perform this way.
> I would appreciate any help I can get.
> Thankyou,
> Shelagh
>
>