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In a folder, I have clicked on tools, folder options and by mistake set it to "open command from here" when you click on a folder. So as a result, whenever I click on any folders now...the command window opens!

How can I turn it back to opening (exploring) the contents of the folder instead?

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Right, I've partly sorted it. When I click it, it opens a seperate window. How do I get it to open in the same window?

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Try this:

Goto the Command Prompt:

and type the following:

ftype Folder=%SystemRoot%Explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L

assoc Folder=Folder

and then close the window and reboot the machine. That's how I fixed mines yesterday and I still can't figure out my Desktop Icon problem that only affects my account on my machine.

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Typed ecactly as you typed it but I keep getting syntx error, or not a valid command ;(

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weird, both ftype and assoc are valid commands in WinXP. When you type them alone, they work. Anyways, you may want to do this instead:

Save the following as a .reg file and then right click and merge it to your registry and it should work.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellopencommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,

00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,

65,00,20,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,00,25,00,49,00,2c,

00,25,00,4c,00,00,00

The are the line separators. No reboot is needed.

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Weird. With that change in the registry, when you right click on the folder, Open should be in bold and the first item on the top of the list.

Try this with regedit...

In this key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell

There should be a String Value there already as (Default) and it should be with the value of "Open".

also, check this key as well:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell

This one has a String value of (Default)and it should be with the value of "open".

Both of the above are without the quotes. After you exit regedit, try right clicking on a folder and "Open" should be the first thing since that's the default action of what the left button does.

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Originally posted by axious

Right, I've partly sorted it. When I click it, it opens a seperate window. How do I get it to open in the same window?

Well if i'm understanding you right open a folder, then go to tools, then to folder options, and check "open each window in its same window"

Is this your problem or am i not understanding you right because your first message was different than your second one, so i'm confused.

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OK - I went into these keys

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell

and deleted the "folder", and "directory" keys, then used your regkey...and....hey presto it now works.

:) :D

thx for all your help...this was just one of those little nagging things that I couldn't fix on my own

You are the Almighty1 :rambo:

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Actually, I slightly messed up since I figured it out when I was right clicking on the start menu and then Explore all users when trying to open a program folder so I compared it to my other machine and then tested it manually, what you have to do is basically with:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell

Change the default value from "Open" to "none"

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell

goto the Default key and then delete it so Default is there but with no value. The following .reg will do things correctly with the right settings so you don't have to do it manually...

Now, someone help me with my Desktop Icons problem disappearing... it seems like it only affects my account since Administrator and newly created accounts don't have the problem, with mines, it seems like something is axing those 4 keys out of the registry for my account.

https://www.neowin.net/bboard/showthread.ph...=&threadid=9017

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