Something has changed. Using Windows Explorer, my default view is with
Folders showing in left hand panel, however, when I click on a fold in the
right hand panel it opens a new window. How can I restore it so that it
doesn't open a new window please. I have Windows XP Home.

Thanks,

Mike

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:53:41 +0100, mike w wrote:

> Something has changed. Using Windows Explorer, my default view is with
> Folders showing in left hand panel, however, when I click on a fold in the
> right hand panel it opens a new window. How can I restore it so that it
> doesn't open a new window please. I have Windows XP Home.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

Folder Options> General: Check box to open folders in same window. That
should fix it for you. If not, right click on a folder. Which menu action
is shown in bold font - open or explore?

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

Mike,

Type in Start/Run:

cmd /k reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell" /ve /f

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"mike w" <fidelity2@onetel.com> wrote in message
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> Something has changed. Using Windows Explorer, my default view is with
> Folders showing in left hand panel, however, when I click on a fold in the
> right hand panel it opens a new window. How can I restore it so that it
> doesn't open a new window please. I have Windows XP Home.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>

Thanks for a speedy reply. Unfortunately no change to the problem. Fistly
Sharon, the box is checked to "Open each folder in same window" and the only
text in bold is "Collapse"

Thanks too Ramesh. Did that and even rebooted but no change.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Mike

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Mike,
>
> Type in Start/Run:
>
> cmd /k reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell" /ve /f
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "mike w" <fidelity2@onetel.com> wrote in message
> news:435b79ce@212.67.96.135...
>> Something has changed. Using Windows Explorer, my default view is with
>> Folders showing in left hand panel, however, when I click on a fold in
>> the right hand panel it opens a new window. How can I restore it so that
>> it doesn't open a new window please. I have Windows XP Home.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>

Mike,

Type in Start/Run:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

That should fix it. If not, please export these two registry keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder
-and-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory

Post the contents here.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"mike w" <fidelity2@onetel.com> wrote in message
news:435bd787@212.67.96.135...
> Thanks for a speedy reply. Unfortunately no change to the problem.
> Fistly Sharon, the box is checked to "Open each folder in same window" and
> the only text in bold is "Collapse"
>
> Thanks too Ramesh. Did that and even rebooted but no change.
>
> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23jiWL6%231FHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Mike,
>>
>> Type in Start/Run:
>>
>> cmd /k reg delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell" /ve /f
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>> "mike w" <fidelity2@onetel.com> wrote in message
>> news:435b79ce@212.67.96.135...
>>> Something has changed. Using Windows Explorer, my default view is with
>>> Folders showing in left hand panel, however, when I click on a fold in
>>> the right hand panel it opens a new window. How can I restore it so that
>>> it doesn't open a new window please. I have Windows XP Home.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mike

On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:33:41 +0100, mike w wrote:

> Thanks for a speedy reply. Unfortunately no change to the problem. Fistly
> Sharon, the box is checked to "Open each folder in same window" and the only
> text in bold is "Collapse"
>
> Thanks too Ramesh. Did that and even rebooted but no change.
>
> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Mike
>

Hi, Mike. When the folder options setting for same window is correct and
there's still a problem, the trouble lies a little deeper.

I should have been more specific about switching to Explorer view and then
right clicking a folder in the right hand pane instead of right clicking on
an expanded folder. If you were right clicking on a folder in the right
pane than that's another point that needs fixing.

With regards to the right click commands: A default setting of Open should
use whatever setting you have selected in Folder Options> General. A
default setting of Explore will open folders in a new Explorer window
ignoring the "same window" setting.

Folder Options> File Type for the Folder object has some controls for
designating the preferred action. Changes made here are linked to the
registry info about the Folder object. Ramesh's approach is to go straight
to the registry - fixing the default action and catching any other problems
regarding folders that might show up. You're in good hands, so I'll leave
the two of you to work on resolving this issue.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

Thanks, Sharon. There are two possibilities. Overriding the (default) for
Folder or Directory is often the culprit. David's method (registering the
shell32) fixes one of the values automatically. To the OP, here is the
background info on why this occurs:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/samewindow.htm

In short:

HKCR\Directory\shell\(default) should always be "none"
HKCR\Folder\shell\(default) should always be "value not set"

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
news:e1aix1K2FHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:33:41 +0100, mike w wrote:
>
>> Thanks for a speedy reply. Unfortunately no change to the problem.
>> Fistly
>> Sharon, the box is checked to "Open each folder in same window" and the
>> only
>> text in bold is "Collapse"
>>
>> Thanks too Ramesh. Did that and even rebooted but no change.
>>
>> Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
> Hi, Mike. When the folder options setting for same window is correct and
> there's still a problem, the trouble lies a little deeper.
>
> I should have been more specific about switching to Explorer view and then
> right clicking a folder in the right hand pane instead of right clicking
> on
> an expanded folder. If you were right clicking on a folder in the right
> pane than that's another point that needs fixing.
>
> With regards to the right click commands: A default setting of Open should
> use whatever setting you have selected in Folder Options> General. A
> default setting of Explore will open folders in a new Explorer window
> ignoring the "same window" setting.
>
> Folder Options> File Type for the Folder object has some controls for
> designating the preferred action. Changes made here are linked to the
> registry info about the Folder object. Ramesh's approach is to go straight
> to the registry - fixing the default action and catching any other
> problems
> regarding folders that might show up. You're in good hands, so I'll leave
> the two of you to work on resolving this issue.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:10:26 +0530, Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:

> Thanks, Sharon. There are two possibilities. Overriding the (default) for
> Folder or Directory is often the culprit. David's method (registering the
> shell32) fixes one of the values automatically. To the OP, here is the
> background info on why this occurs:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/samewindow.htm
>
> In short:
>
> HKCR\Directory\shell\(default) should always be "none"
> HKCR\Folder\shell\(default) should always be "value not set"

Hi, Ramesh! I forget about the directory registry settings. I tend to go
for the UI adjustments first. This gets many things fixed but if not, then
I delve deeper.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

Hi Sharon,
I had the same problem as mike and your fix did it for me, many thanks

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:53:41 +0100, mike w wrote:
>
> > Something has changed. Using Windows Explorer, my default view is with
> > Folders showing in left hand panel, however, when I click on a fold in the
> > right hand panel it opens a new window. How can I restore it so that it
> > doesn't open a new window please. I have Windows XP Home.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
>
> Folder Options> General: Check box to open folders in same window. That
> should fix it for you. If not, right click on a folder. Which menu action
> is shown in bold font - open or explore?
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:27:04 -0700, kempie wrote:

> Hi Sharon,
> I had the same problem as mike and your fix did it for me, many thanks

You're welcome, kempie! Glad to have helped.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User