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.

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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1. Cannot open hard disk drives by double click.

2. Double clicking on any drive opens search.

3. Error message being displayed while trying to open drives.

4. Double clicking on any drive opens “Open With” dialog window.

5. Drive opens in new window on double click.

We are going to discuss why these problems occur,how can you fix them using a simple FREE virus removal tool.

These issues mentioned above normally occur due to virus infections in computer. These are most commonly spread by pen drives or portable USB devices.

When a user double clicks on the portable drive which is already infected by a virus, the virus spread itself on your system and also create a ‘autorun.inf’ in all your drives.

So, the whole problem persist due to ‘autorun.inf’ files created by virus in the root directory of drives.

Let see how can you fix them all in one go.

In order to fix these problems, you can also try FREE virus removal tool which is released recently, called Autorun Eater.

What is Autorun Eater?

It is a tool to scan and remove suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files found in the root directory of all drives, A-Z, in real-time. Autorun Eater will remove any suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files even before the user attempts to open the drive.

Note: It will remove all the suspicious ‘autorun.inf‘ files from the virus infected pen drives but will not remove any other virus files so you would have to remove them manually or with some anti-virus tools.

It also fixes the three common problems caused by the viruses (as shown in the image below).

1. Task Manager disabled.
2. Registry editing disabled.
3. Hidden Folder Options.

If you have removed all the suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files from all your drives, you will be able to open all your drives easily including your pen drive with double click.

We have already tested the application on some USB drives, it removes the autorun.inf files and contains no malware, adware etc. 

Download Autorun Eater

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Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk. When you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive>>explore in My computer ,the drive does not open.

This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.

But don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily.

Fix:

Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive.

This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself.  autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive.

You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem.

Follow the set of commands below to show and delete the autorun.inf

1. Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open a command prompt window. On this command prompt window type the following steps.

2. type cd\

3. type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf

4. type del autorun.inf

5. now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition. Now repeat steps 3 and 4. Similarly repeat step 5 for all your hard disk partition.

Restart your system and your trouble will be fixed.

Update:

If you find the above procedure difficult, the use:  Scan and Remove Suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ with Autorun Eater

Also see : Autorun File Problems and Solutions by TroubleFixers

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Note: For all those who are not able to correct this problem, after following the above procedure can use a tool called Ravmon Virus Killer designed by Muhammad Abdullah, download it from here

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