Folder context menu

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To add the "Command Prompt" context menu, I went to Folder Options | File
Types
and added new item (cmd.exe) to "Folder" and "File Folder" types. After I
decided
to remove the item. But there was no way to remove it thru the Folder
Options because
the remove button was disabled. So I launched the regedit and removed all
occurrences
of "Command Prompt". And now the "Search..." item became as default command.
Double-clicking on a folder opens a search box. How to restore the previous
order?
 
This is a real common problem.

Try this first.

Click Start | Click Run | Type or paste the following line:

regsvr32 /i shell32

Click OK.

A tip from David Candy.

If that doesn't fix it, see these...

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder or Drive
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

Fixes the problem where Search or Command Prompt opens
when double clicking a folder © Doug Knox
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/32118

Search companion opens when you double-click a Compressed (zipped) folder in
Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/zipverb.htm


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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To add the "Command Prompt" context menu, I went to Folder Options | File Types
and added new item (cmd.exe) to "Folder" and "File Folder" types. After I decided
to remove the item. But there was no way to remove it thru the Folder Options because
the remove button was disabled. So I launched the regedit and removed all occurrences
of "Command Prompt". And now the "Search..." item became as default command.
Double-clicking on a folder opens a search box. How to restore the previous
order?
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Regedit : [HKCR\Directory\shell], set Default value to "none" (without quotes)
 
Thanks a lot for this pointer. I had made the same mistake while trying to
get "Command Prompt Here". Now I fixed it following the article you pointed
to. It was a big help.

Dave Patrick said:
This article should sort it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321186/en-us

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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TumurS said:
To add the "Command Prompt" context menu, I went to Folder Options | File
Types
and added new item (cmd.exe) to "Folder" and "File Folder" types. After I
decided
to remove the item. But there was no way to remove it thru the Folder
Options because
the remove button was disabled. So I launched the regedit and removed all
occurrences
of "Command Prompt". And now the "Search..." item became as default
command.
Double-clicking on a folder opens a search box. How to restore the
previous order?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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