Everything was fine. I visited "Folder Options" in Control Panel , looking at
FileTypes to see what program opened a JPEG file, and noticed under an entry:
(NONE) File Folder. The file type was greyed out. I clicked on "Advanced" to
see what was there, and saw "find". I could not and did not try to make any
changes. When I closed everything back up, I found that now when I
double-click a folder anywhere onmy computer, (including inside another
folder), it opens in the "Search" window instead of the folder opening to
reveal it's contents. Tried re-booting;everythingIcould think of. Any ideas?

The exact same thing has happened to my system!

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...older_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:BB4CC1CD-12C8-4211-9B2B-D1AEB3214547@microsoft.com,
jjdebell <jjdebell@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Everything was fine. I visited "Folder Options" in Control Panel ,
> looking at FileTypes to see what program opened a JPEG file, and noticed
> under an entry: (NONE) File Folder. The file type was greyed out. I
> clicked on "Advanced" to see what was there, and saw "find". I could not
> and did not try to make any changes. When I closed everything back up, I
> found that now when I double-click a folder anywhere onmy computer,
> (including inside another folder), it opens in the "Search" window
> instead of the folder opening to reveal it's contents. Tried
> re-booting;everythingIcould think of. Any ideas?