I messed up folder options

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Hi.

Previously a few days ago, I went into Control
panel>Folder options and in an attempt to stop XP from
asking me what to do every time I turn on my external USB
drive. I was unable to select the 'Take no action' and
then select the 'always do the selected action' checkbox
because the checkbox wasn't there.

So there I was in the folder options dialog screwing
about with the 'Edit File Type' function with the 'Drive'
option in the list of registered file types.

I opened 'My computer' today and I noticed that now when
I open my hard disk, The serach function appears.

I went back into the folder options and I
set "explorer.exe" to open when I access my hard drive
via my computer but it opens in a new window instead of
the same window. I also noticed that there is an option
that says 'Browse In The Same Window' but that check box
is grayed out for some reason.

I have no idea how to fix this. System restore was not
enabled and I didn't back up.

So, In summary.
How do I prevent windows from opening a new window when I
access my hard drive via 'my computer'?

Thanks for reading. 🙂

 

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Remove any fixes you made.

Type in Start Run
regsvr32 /i shell32

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"Alvis Duong" <Alvisduong@IOLFree.ie> wrote in message news:a4fd01c487a6$f163d8b0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi.
>
> Previously a few days ago, I went into Control
> panel>Folder options and in an attempt to stop XP from
> asking me what to do every time I turn on my external USB
> drive. I was unable to select the 'Take no action' and
> then select the 'always do the selected action' checkbox
> because the checkbox wasn't there.
>
> So there I was in the folder options dialog screwing
> about with the 'Edit File Type' function with the 'Drive'
> option in the list of registered file types.
>
> I opened 'My computer' today and I noticed that now when
> I open my hard disk, The serach function appears.
>
> I went back into the folder options and I
> set "explorer.exe" to open when I access my hard drive
> via my computer but it opens in a new window instead of
> the same window. I also noticed that there is an option
> that says 'Browse In The Same Window' but that check box
> is grayed out for some reason.
>
> I have no idea how to fix this. System restore was not
> enabled and I didn't back up.
>
> So, In summary.
> How do I prevent windows from opening a new window when I
> access my hard drive via 'my computer'?
>
> Thanks for reading. 🙂