David & Ann Thanks again. Editing the registry to <value=none> sorted it.
thanks David & Goddez1 many thanks. I'm not comfortable with registry edits, but I know someone who is. It does seem the prob is there. thanks...
XP has just been reinstalled. Now, when trying to open sub folders, all folders have "search" as the top function, with "open" as the second....
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