I dont want folders to open in a new window. Help

[Unbe]

Hi All,

Even when the option is turned off in Folder options dialog, the folders open in a seperate window which is annoying when I open a lot of windows continually. I have a link to a screenshot for clarity.



>> Screenshot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vjk_h3d/273682518/

Can someone help me resolve this issue?

Thanks.

[anandk]

maybe some corruption in the registry... !?
try this way :

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
Create a DWORD value called DesktopProcess

Give it a value of 0 to disable separate process
Give it a value of 1 to enable separate process

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/explorer_tips.htm#thread

or

search here for registry repair tweak for this
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

[Unbe]

Hi Anandk,

Thanks for the tip, but it did not work. I checked out the link you gave and it seems the reg tweak is meant to do a slightly diffrerent job. Anyways now we know that it doesnt work.

I have posted a few more screenshots. Can you use them to solve this issue?

>>Screenshot:http://www.flickr.com/photos/vjk_h3d/273726432/

[Vishal Gupta]

Try this!

Paste following code in Notepad and save the file with .REG extension and then run it:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory]
@="File Folder"
"AlwaysShowExt"=""
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,01,00,00
"InfoTip"="prop:DocComments"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
@="none"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder]
@="Folder"
"EditFlags"=hex:d2,03,00,00
"TileInfo"="prop:Size"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000022
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command]
@=hex(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,\
  2e,65,78,65,20,2f,65,2c,2f,69,64,6c,69,73,74,2c,25,49,2c,25,4c,\
  00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec]
@="[ExploreFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000010
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000012

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,53,79,73,74,65,6d,52,6f,6f,74,25,5c,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,\
  2e,65,78,65,20,2f,69,64,6c,69,73,74,2c,25,49,2c,25,4c,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec]
@="[ViewFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

[Unbe]

Hi Vishal,

Thanks. Your fix worked. Care to explain what the problem was and how the tweak fixed the issue?

Before posting the problem, i ran a search on the forum but couldnot find a solution. For the sake of users who experience similar problems, i will tag this post so that they can find it using the Forum Search Feature.

Tags:

1. "Multiple Explorer Windows"
2. "Explorer opens new Window on Double-Click"

Thread Summary: ( For those who sort their posts `Latest First`)


Issue: Exlorer opens a new instance everytime I open a folder.
Fix: Reg tweak by Vishal Gupta.



More Tweaks And Reg Resources: By Anandk

1. http://www.onecomputerguy.com/explorer_tips.htm#thread
2. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

[Vishal Gupta]

Good to see that ur problem solved!

I was suspecting that ur folder/directory registry settings gone corrupt, hence I posted the default registry settings for both keys