Changing Opens With Setup

Recently the opens with preferences on my folder and hard
drive were changed, I don't know what glitch caused
this. However, the program no longer opens the folder
upon double click, and instead sends me to a search
prompt. I attempted to alter the 'opens with'
preferences under:: control panel->foder options->file
types->advanced for each of these file types.

For some reason, search was now the only listed option.
I added "open" as an option, and selected IEXPLORER as
the program to use, and switched this to the new
default. However, now it pops open a new window every
time I open a folder or hard drive. And to add to the
trouble, the changes I made are apparently irreversible.
The edit and remove buttons are greyed out under advanced
for any of the options once they've been added. PLEASE
HELP! THanks.

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Search/Command Prompt Opens When Double
Clicking a Folder.
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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Dennis" <anonymous DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Recently the opens with preferences on my folder and hard
> drive were changed, I don't know what glitch caused
> this. However, the program no longer opens the folder
> upon double click, and instead sends me to a search
> prompt. I attempted to alter the 'opens with'
> preferences under:: control panel->foder options->file
> types->advanced for each of these file types.
>
> For some reason, search was now the only listed option.
> I added "open" as an option, and selected IEXPLORER as
> the program to use, and switched this to the new
> default. However, now it pops open a new window every
> time I open a folder or hard drive. And to add to the
> trouble, the changes I made are apparently irreversible.
> The edit and remove buttons are greyed out under advanced
> for any of the options once they've been added. PLEASE
> HELP! THanks.