Folders are not opening properly

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AuL^Kenny

Recently, I've been changing the look of my desktop. To change my folder
icons, I highlighted all folders under my C: drive, right clicked on a
folder and selected Properties then Customize, and set the template
change to affect all subfolders. I then browsed for my desired new icon
and made the change to all folder icons. However, after making the
changes, if I open any folder now, instead of showing the contents of
the folder, an empty folder with the Search Results tab appears. I can
not view the contents of folders any longer and I have not found a way
to repair this. If anyone has had a similar experience or any
solutions, help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

-or-

Fix "Search" Opens Instead of Explorer:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

-or-

To fix this manually via registry:

If this problem is seen for Drives:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

If this problem is seen for folders:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com



Recently, I've been changing the look of my desktop. To change my folder
icons, I highlighted all folders under my C: drive, right clicked on a
folder and selected Properties then Customize, and set the template
change to affect all subfolders. I then browsed for my desired new icon
and made the change to all folder icons. However, after making the
changes, if I open any folder now, instead of showing the contents of
the folder, an empty folder with the Search Results tab appears. I can
not view the contents of folders any longer and I have not found a way
to repair this. If anyone has had a similar experience or any
solutions, help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Ramesh said:
Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

-or-

Fix "Search" Opens Instead of Explorer:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm

-or-

To fix this manually via registry:

If this problem is seen for Drives:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

If this problem is seen for folders:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
Set (default) to "none" (without ")

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

AuL^Kenny
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Thank you very much! the VB script has fixed the problem. :
 
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