Double clicking on folder or drive opens search

huh… never happened to me before but this is a very usefull tip! thx…

well i never faced this problem but will try if i have

hi, thanks, i was having trouble when i double clicked my c drive, which only opened search. and the regsvr32 /i shell32.dll that you type in run worked, it got ride of that thing, and now everytime i click on my c drive it goes to the c drive, it doesn’t open search. thanks alot

Thanks a lot i was working on it for the last 2 days

Thakns again

Rohan

Worked like a charm.

After playing around for hours with registry cleaners and crap this worked.

My symptoms were actually the hard drive or folder kept coming up with command prompt when double clicked.. some virus or another.

Wahoo!

tanx! fixed my problem

wow works perfect. Thanks so much.

Thank you. It worked!

dear sir !
i have a some problem in vista os.
my desktop computer included 1gb RAm.Harddisk 180gb.but vista OS running is Slow & can not supported by Antivirus software.pls help me..

thanks i was facing this problem..
and now its working fine..
thanks

I have this problems on several desktop in my office, after do the trick, everything back to normal!

Thanks! )

I’ve had this problem for weeks. Tried all sorts of things.
You solved the problem. Many thanks.

Thanks it was simple

Thanks a lot the second example is quite effective.

Yep many thanks.. the second option worked for me…

Thanks problem is solved.

thx buddy………….it was really very annoying
second option worked
thx

Love you that just solve the problem i was facing from months …thanks buddy…

it did not work for me ihave the same prob i tried both option but nothing happnd…. m using vista…. please help….

thank you so much sir…..

Boss it’s working thank you so much it is be really long time that i was looking for answer now finally got it.

If search opens when you double click on any windows drive, then try this

1. Open Start >> Run or press Window key + r

2. Type “regsvr32 /i shell32.dll” ( without quotes ) and press Enter

After the command run successfully, you will see a message saying DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in Shell32.dll succeeded.

thanks solved it…what is the reason behind it…?? i didn’t notice any suspicious process running…i have 3 users in my system…and i installed a few visual styles and and an application (ExeIco)….is this why i ran into this problem…??

although i work in the IT industry, this problem one of the most annoying i have encountered in recent memory..thank you so much for your help..

thank you so much…it helps..i’ve bee facing this problem for months and you just make my life better..hehe

Yes! It Work.Great.

thanks!!you solved my problem!

fantasitc,it works..thanks a lot

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My problem solved n thanks yaar..!!

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Thanks a lot for the solution.It worked for me.

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Thank you very much

Thanks, I too had this problem. When I used to click on any drive under “my computer” it used to open up the search window.
I ran the command as suggested and yes it solved the problem…

Thanks for the great tip…

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Thank you so very much!

I don’t know what caused the “search” instead of “open” when i double clicked a folder, but your technique worked like a charm and i am happy again.

Thanks so much it works for me.

It’s still not back to open but it’s better than search! It’s on explore now and I would gladly trade SEARCH for explore. and I swear I’ll just exit the left browser and It’s technically normal. Thanks so much for the great great tips.

The above solution is very helpful, thank you very much.