Thank you, thank you, ... I followed your directions
(Start | Run | Type: control folders | OK |
File Types tab | Scroll down to and Select: (NONE) Folder |
Advanced button | Highlight: explore | Set Default | OK |
Apply | OK), but the Apply button was greyed out, so I thought I had
changed nothing. I clicked on OK anyway, and now folders open as
desired. Something worked.

Thanks again.

Bob

Wesley Vogel wrote:
> Open and Explore are different.
>
> Explore opens folders with Folders pane on the left.
> Open opens folders with common tasks showing on the left.
>
> If you want Explore...
> Set Explore as default for (NONE) Folder in Folder Options.
>
> Start | Run | Type: control folders | OK |
> File Types tab | Scroll down to and Select: (NONE) Folder |
> Advanced button | Highlight: explore | Set Default | OK |
> Apply | OK
>
> Set Default
> [[Sets the selected command as the command to be carried out when the file
> is invoked.
> The default command for the file is shown in bold on the shortcut menu for
> the file.]]
>
> This may change some other things that you may not like.
>
> Remember what you did so you can change the default back to Open.
> ===
>
> How folders open depends on a number of things.
>
> Depends on the combination of...
>
> � Show common tasks in folders
> [[Specifies that hyperlinks to common folder tasks and other places on your
> computer are displayed in folders. These links appear in the left pane of
> the folder window.]]
>
> � Use Windows classic folders
> [[Specifies that folder contents are displayed like classic Windows folders,
> which means that folder contents do not look and work like Web pages.]]
>
> � Open each folder in the same window
> [[Specifies that the contents of each folder open in the same window. To
> switch back to the previous folder, click the Back button on the toolbar, or
> press BACKSPACE.]]
>
> � Open each folder in its own window
> [[Specifies that the contents of each folder open in a new window. The
> previous folder content still appears in a different window, so you can
> switch between the windows.]]
>
> Under...
> Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
> General tab |
>
> Whether Explore or Open is set as default.
>
> Under...
> Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
> File Types tab | Scroll down to and Select: (NONE) Folder |
> Advanced button |
>
> This effects how double click or single click handles opening a folder.
>
> � Single-click to open an item (point to select)
> [[Specifies that you want to open items in folders and on the desktop by
> single-clicking them, just as you would click a link on a Web page. To
> select an item without opening it, rest your pointer on it.]]
>
> � Double-click to open an item (single-click to select)
> [[Specifies that you want to single-click an item to select it and
> double-click an item to open it.]]
>
> Or try Simple Folder View FriendlyTree ...
>
> Description of Simple Folder View in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;282002
>