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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Windows oddity -- opening a folder opens a search box

Double-clicking folders in Windows Explorer has suddenly changed from opening that folder to opening the Search dialogue. Any ideas?
Phil Leahy

Oddly enough, this is a known problem caused by an incorrect entry in the Windows registry. Kelly's Korner offers an XP tweak to fix this: it's number 18 on the right hand side. The fix involves downloading and double-clicking a tiny .reg file to make the correction automatically.

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