Windows Explorer Refuses to Open Folders In Same Window
- I have Windows Vista Ultimate SP1. Under Organize->Folder and Search Options->Browse folders I have the radio button, "Open each folder in the same window" checked. However, Vista refuses to do so and opens each folder in its own window. This does not work well for me because I end up with tons of open windows and its a pain to close them. This behaviour just started. Yesterday it did not do this. This is a fresh install with only Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2005, Expression Studio 2, Adobe CS3 and InstallAware installed.
Also worth noting is that if I right click on a folder, the default action of Open is in bold. If I click it then it will open the folder in the same window. However, every time I double click it opens a new window.
Please help as I really don't want to have to switch to a third party file management tool over this.
Thanks!
Answers
you may try enabling the navigation pane (organize -> layouts - and enable navigation pane). with that enabled, I see things behaving as they should
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- this is exact opposite of what i am seeing. if i right click and select open it opens in a new folder, else it opens in the same window
- Yes, if you have the the Folders tree open in Windows Exporer it will default to Explore. However, if you have the Folders tree hidden it will default to Open.
The problem I'm having is that even though it shows the correct default choice when I right click, it does not perform that action when I double click.
you may try enabling the navigation pane (organize -> layouts - and enable navigation pane). with that enabled, I see things behaving as they should- Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I have tried with the Navigation Panel enabled and disabled. Neither option has any effect.
I'm convinced that is has nothing to do with the settings of Windows Explorer itself. I have two machines both of are displaying this same behavior and both have Windows Vista Ultimate with pretty much the same software installed. My first machine started doing this after a full reinstall of Vista Ultimate. I then reformatted, reinstalled Vista and tried again. After I finish installing all my software, listed above, the problem started again. A second machine which has been running fine for a year or more now, started showing this behavior after I installed Crystal Reports 2008. This makes me think it has something to do with the combination of software I'm using.
I'm going to do some tests to see if I'm on to something. I'll post my results here. In the mean time any suggestions are welcome. Hi, I solve the problem.
go to register (regedit)
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HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3831040691-3390046849-3855596486-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Find "Explorer" and delete this and your children it will be created again.
Logoff and Login.
It will solve problem!
- Proposed As Answer byManuel Alves Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:14 PM
- You should try this:
- Open regedit
- Open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\command
- In the Default registry key replace /separate with /same like this:
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /separate ,/idlist,%I,%L -> %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /same ,/e,/idlist,%I,%L
- You diamond mkaija - been bugging me this one!! Damn IE8.
- Yes, this worked for me. Thx
- Damn, this didn't work for me in Windows 7 (RTM)!Really frustrating, having same original problem as norad00
Hi, I solve the problem.
go to register (regedit)
Expand
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3831040691-3390046849-3855596486-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Find "Explorer" and delete this and your children it will be created again.
Logoff and Login.
It will solve problem!
I was struggling with this for weeks. This solution worked great for me.
Thanks.I found out, that after installing SourceVault (version 3), it "corrupted" an area of the registry. Please see this forum:
http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12332
Solutions were to either run this command:
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ieproxy.dll"
or to put the following (in italics) in a .reg file and run it to import the contents in to the registry (which I tried first and worked for me):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}]
@="IServiceProvider"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\NumMethods]
@="4"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\ProxyStubClsid32]
@="{A4A1A128-768F-41E0-BF75-E4FDDD701CBA}"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}]
@="IServiceProvider"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\NumMethods]
@="4"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\ProxyStubClsid32]
@="{A4A1A128-768F-41E0-BF75-E4FDDD701CBA}"- Proposed As Answer bybaker_tony Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:54 AM
- Thank you Tony, your solution worked for me!
- WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF SCOTTCLI. I DELETED THE EXPLORER FOLDER, AND THIS DAMAGED THE ENTIRE REGISTRY. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOLDER COME TO FIND OUT. IT TOOK ME TWO WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REVERSE WHAT I DID MY DELETING THE EXPLORER FOLDER. THIS SOLUTION WORKS UNTIL YOU RESTART YOUR COMPUTER. I HAD TO DO A SYSTEM RESTORE 2 WEEKS BACK UNTIL IT REPLACED MY REGISTRY AGAIN. YOU SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE REGISTRY WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT YOUR DOING. THIS SOLUTION WAS IRRESPONSIBLE WHICH IS WHY I AM WARNING YOU NOT TO DO IT. THIS FOLDER CONTAINS EVERYTHING SUCH AS FILE EXTENSION INFORMATION ETC. BY THE WAY, IF YOU DO HAVE TO TOUCH THE REGISTRY, YOU SHOULD FIRST EXPORT IT TO A FILE AND BURN IT TO A DISK. THIS WILL BACKUP THE REGISTRY SO YOU CAN RESTORE IT. AGAIN, DO NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO DELETE THIS FOLDER!!!! I AM RUNNING WINDOWS VISTA BTW.
NICK - Thanks a lot Tony, fixed my very annoying problem!
