Windows explorer always opens new window
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Has anyone had the same experience? Double clicking on a folder in the file view always opens a new instance of explorer. The folder options settings have no effect. --edit2 This doesn't work. Fiddling with the other options there doesn't make any difference either. 1.) Open Explorer and choose the Organize drop down menu. 2.) Choose Folder and Search Options from the menu. 3.) Change the radio button at the top to: Open each folder in the same window. -- The suggestions here make no difference: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-software/1097621.htm[^] - regsvr32 /i shell32.dll - HKCR\Directory\shell (and Folder\shell) It is the same for all users, creating a new user makes no difference. Problem started after a few applications were installed, so not sure which is causing it - Office 2007 - Visual Studio 2008 - AVG - WinMerge Disabling (using shellexview[^]) all third party & MS Office shell extensions has no effect. Any ideas? This is driving me nuts.. X| -- edit: OS is Windows 7 RTM
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Has anyone had the same experience? Double clicking on a folder in the file view always opens a new instance of explorer. The folder options settings have no effect. --edit2 This doesn't work. Fiddling with the other options there doesn't make any difference either. 1.) Open Explorer and choose the Organize drop down menu. 2.) Choose Folder and Search Options from the menu. 3.) Change the radio button at the top to: Open each folder in the same window. -- The suggestions here make no difference: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-software/1097621.htm[^] - regsvr32 /i shell32.dll - HKCR\Directory\shell (and Folder\shell) It is the same for all users, creating a new user makes no difference. Problem started after a few applications were installed, so not sure which is causing it - Office 2007 - Visual Studio 2008 - AVG - WinMerge Disabling (using shellexview[^]) all third party & MS Office shell extensions has no effect. Any ideas? This is driving me nuts.. X| -- edit: OS is Windows 7 RTM
I can reproduce the issue you are describing. Its also easy to fix. 1.) Open Explorer and choose the Organize drop down menu. 2.) Choose Folder and Search Options from the menu. 3.) Change the radio button at the top to: Open each folder in the same window. It takes a few months to get use to the Windows 7 design changes. But I am loving Windows 7. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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I can reproduce the issue you are describing. Its also easy to fix. 1.) Open Explorer and choose the Organize drop down menu. 2.) Choose Folder and Search Options from the menu. 3.) Change the radio button at the top to: Open each folder in the same window. It takes a few months to get use to the Windows 7 design changes. But I am loving Windows 7. Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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Already did that (tried fiddling with other settings in the folder options too). No joy... :(
Interesting... try this: Click on your start menu and navigate to the Windows Explorer shortcut and right click then execute it as Administrator. Perform the same actions described in the previous post. Are you on a domain workstation and subject to group policy? Best Wishes, -David Delaune
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Interesting... try this: Click on your start menu and navigate to the Windows Explorer shortcut and right click then execute it as Administrator. Perform the same actions described in the previous post. Are you on a domain workstation and subject to group policy? Best Wishes, -David Delaune
Thanks for the replies, but I'm afraid that didn't work either. I tried running the entire shell as administrator (killing explorer.exe and restarting as admin), with no effect. No, I'm not in domain, no group policy. I think it must be some third party application doing it, but removing everything or reinstalling one by one on a clean OS is not an option...