Double clicking a folder in Windows Explorer opens up a new window.

I got this problem after I installed Vista SP1.
Inside Windows Explorer, when I double click a folder in the right pane,
that folder is opened up as a new second window. No matter what I change in
the settings window I cant get rid of this.
If I instead right-click the folder and select "Browse", the folder contents
is shown in the same window, but (as I said) double click the folder icon, a
new window opens up.

Seems to me that "double-clicking" a folder in the right pane triggers the
"Open" action instead of "Browse" action.
Anyone knows how to fix this? I want to browse my files in ONE window only.

Open Folder Options from the tools and check that the option to open each
folder in its own window is not checked on the general tab. If it isn't, try
checking it, click apply/ok then reboot and uncheck it.

Doesnt help..
This behaviour started when I installed Vista SP1, no matter what I
change/check in the folder settings this prevails.
I have the following shell plugins installed:

WinZip (context menu popup)
UltraEdit (context menu popup)
Tortoise Subversion (context menu popup and some other stuff I guess)

I dont know if any of these "plugins" intercept the standard shell
behaviour, but everything was normal before SP1 installation. Can someone
tell me which registry values that might affect this double-click action?


Uninstall them, one at a time until you resolve the issue.

I'm missing the first part of this thread, so I apologize ahead of time if
you've already done what I'm going to suggest. Use ShellExView and disable
those three context menu connections and see if that helps. SP1 may
interact unpleasantly with any of them and my experience with third-party
context menu extensions in both XP and Vista is that they are often the
cause of bad behavior. I can tell you that Tortoise Subversion causes
issues on my son's XP Pro SP2 install. I don't mind that he runs the
program (it's my computer after all so I get to say!), but I disable the
context menu entries. That makes a big difference in how well the overall
OS runs.

try this regkey
unzip it and double click it will set your registry values ion the open shell extension to open in the same window process (in most cases)
Open in Same Window regkey

[LakeTonkaMark]

Guys,
This problem has been driving me nuts for weeks now. I've cruised this and several other forums, and tried every damn "fix" out there.

WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM (All updates applied)

I've done registry edits, registered .dll files, changed folder option settings back and forth,*uninstalled software,*re-installed software,**etc, etc.. Ad*nauseam.*

I bumbled into something on one these forums, and

* *** I FOUND THE SOLUTION!**


1. It is very easy to do

2. Presumably SAFE (It comes from Microsoft)*

3. I suggest you bookmark this site for future use. (I did, and plan on using it for some of my clients computers when having weird problems)


Go to this web site:
*http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/


Then, in section 2 click on "Use desktop features, or open programs and files"
In the window below will be a list of solutions.

Simply "Run Now" the one called :*Diagnose and repair Windows File and Folder Problems automatically*
After running the "fixit" my problem of a new window opening all the time in Windows Explorer went away! Worked perfect!


Anyway, I hope this works for any of you guys too. I see that "some" of these other*solutions worked for some of you, but none of them worked for me until I ran the "FIXIT" program from Microsoft.

There is also a ton of other AUTOMATIC FIXIT's on the site for various other computer problems. I hope they all work as well as this one did!*
Good luck everyone.....
Mark