Reactivate the default setting open

Last update on June 8, 2009 10:02 AM by deri58
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Reactivate the default setting open







In the case that you right click on a folder, you get the the "Search" instead ofOpen.Here below is how to proceed to recover the option Open as default.

First Method


Go to menu «Start and select Run.
Then type the following command in the open window:
Regsvr32 /I shell32.dll

Then click on OK.


IF it does not work, verify if the spaces are as provided. If you find that it is still not recovered. Apply the second provided method.

Second Method


Go to Menu Start and select Run.

Type regedit to open the registry by validating on Ok.

Then scroll to the value:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

Right click on SHELL and select Modify

Give the value as zero and close the registry.
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