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    Unhappy Folders in Windows XP

    Hey,

    Recently I've been fiddling around with the file extensions in Tools>Folder Options and changing icons. I had some fun, but when I applyed changes that was when the joy ended. When I opened a folder, it would pull up the search automatically. Fine, so I went back and fiddled with the options and added a command, open. Now when I open a folder it always opens another window. This got on my nerves until I had to solve it. A friend of mine told me this was the place to go, so please help.

    Thanks in advance for the help (and actually reading this!).

    Daryl

    [EDIT] I tried checking all the 'Browse in same folder' checkboxes, but they either don't work or yield no result [/EDIT]

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    Tools/Options/General/Restore Defaults

    Good luck
    -Simon \"SDK\"

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    No luck...I think my mistake was to actually go into Tools>Folder Options>File Types and edit the folder options there...Any ideas?

    Thanks!

    Daryl

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    When I go to File Types for Advanced under Folder I have Explore and Open. Under Advanced for File Folder I have Find.

    Is this what you had changed? If it was maybe try changing it to what I have.

    Maybe along the lines of what SDK suggested Tools>Options>View>Reset All Folders.

    You didn't happen to create a system restore point before you started mucking around did you? If you did you should just be able to roll back.

    Good luck.
    \"You got a mouth like an outboard motor..all the time putt putt putt\" - Foghorn Leghorn

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    Under File Folder I have find and open. Open is set as default (I set it when I tried to fix it). That's probably why. At least the mystery is solved. Any ideas how to delete the extra open I have in File Folder?

    Thanks a lot for all your help,

    Daryl

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    Personally I disable system restore, but if I'm gonna mess around with something I enable it just in case it goes wrong. As whatthe said, you can roll back your system if you had it enabled, but if you didn't.....

    J_K9

    P.S Daryl, you will learn from your mistakes. And also, as someone once told me, Google is your friend! Try searching for the problem, it's bound to come up.

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    Yea... I probably will not fix it. I have a bad habit of mucking my computers up without backing anything up then destroying them. Of course this is good in terms of computers I have to experiment with.

    Thanks for all your help anyway!

    Daryl

    P.S.On the other hand, my old computers are very useful...(combined with the power of Linux, that is)

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