Changing Default folder action

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Chuck

I added an action to "File Folder" in the File Types tab of the Folder
Options setting (Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options) -- a handy
little batch file that prints a directory listing of the folder contents.
This batch file is actually available in the XP Help files that came with my
Dell. Somehow the Search Action also was added to the actions list for File
Folder and that has become the default action for File Folders. How do I
REMOVE thisaction from the File Folder settings? There doesn't seem to be a
way...

Chuck
 
Thanks. That was pretty cool. What did I just do, exactly? (and yea, I did
back up the registry before I did it...)

Chuck

Type in Start Run
regsvr32 /i shell32
 
Reregistered the windows shell32 dll, the heart (with shdocvw and explorer.exre) of what you see on your screen.

You caused the problem by editing file folders in the file types dialog. It thinks it on an older version of windows but the rules changed slightly in XP and as a result a prior to XP entry forces XP to choose the first verb it can find rather than open.
 
Thanks to both of you. I appreciate the pointer to the Knowledgebase article
and the explanation of what happened when I changed the folder options.

Chuck
 
You're welcome.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Thanks to both of you. I appreciate the pointer to the Knowledgebase article
and the explanation of what happened when I changed the folder options.

Chuck
 
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