Double-click opens search window

One of my XP computers does an annoying thing: when I double click on an icon or folder, instead of opening and displaying the contents like it should, the search window opens instead as if I had selected "search" in the start menu. Weird and annoying...anybody know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance
T

 

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_folder_open.htm


FYI, This quirk is most often caused by opening Explorer or My Computer and clicking on the Tools > Folder Options > File Types > File Folder and selecting "Advanced" then clicking OK instead of Cancel. Even though you have only looked and made no changes, changes will nevertheless be made IF you have selected "Advanced" and IF you then click OK. To avoid this, always click "Cancel" when you don't intend to change things.

As an alternate to the above fix, you can go to Start >Run and type:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

Press enter. The effect is immediate with no reboot required.

 

Thanks, surferdude

Strange, but when I got to the Advanced pane under Tools > Folder Options > File Types > File Folder I wasn't able to delete the "Find" command in the window. (Edit remained gray-ed out) but when i typed in the commands you suggested in the Run box it worked. Bingo! Thanks again.

t