Double clicking on folder or drive opens search

by Abhishek on July 1, 2008

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Trouble:

We have often received one common problem from many of the readers saying:

Whenever I double-click on any drive/folder in My Computer, a Search window opens 

 

This is one of the most annoying problem as per readers, problem as quite clear from the message mentioned above quote.

search window opens on double click

This type of problem normally occurs because some virus called ‘PET32.exe’ , or it can also occur due some other virus which disrupt the windows registry.

 

Lets see how can we fix this problem.

Fix:

 

If search opens when you double click on folder in windows explorer, then see the fix below:

 

We need to repair some registry entry damaged by virus corresponding to windows shell. Follow the steps below:

 

1. Open Start >> Run or press Window Key + r , this will open the run prompt.

2. Type “regedit” ( without quotes ) and press Enter.



3. Navigate to key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

 

4. Double the registry key named Default and set the value to none.

 

This will restore the normal windows explorer behavior of opening a folder when you double click a folder rather than opening windows search.

 

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.

 

We hope this will help to fix the trouble.

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{ 42 comments… read them below or add one }

ahmed b July 18, 2010 at 8:49 am

Thank you so very much

Juicy August 10, 2010 at 3:57 am

Thanks so much , second option worked!

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