lerdo Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. This is a completely random question, but maybe one of you gurus can help me. I'm running Windows XP, and I was trying to change the folder icon. I must have done something wrong though, because now when I doubleclick on any folder, instead of opening up and listing its contents, a new Search window opens. I'm usually pretty good at figuring these things out, but in this case I have no idea what I did or how to fix it, though I've tried. I must sound like an incompetent doofus. LOL Oh well! Any thoughts? Thank you in advance. L. Quote
Dennis Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 You can try going to Control Panel>Folders Option>General> and choose restore defaults. Dennis Quote
TCH-JimE Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 That would sound the best option. If not, come back to here again! Jim Quote
lerdo Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 Thanks, Dennis & Jim. I tried that already, and unfortunately it didn't help. I'm truly stumped. Thanks, L. Quote
Dennis Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Hmmm, maybe if you can describe what you were trying to do or if you can recap what actions that you carried out, that'll shed a light on what went wrong. Dennis Quote
lerdo Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 As best as I can remember, this is what I did: I went into Control Panel>Folder Options>File Types. There I saw a bunch of different file types listed. File Folder and Folder were there, and since I wasn't sure which one I needed to fiddle with, I picked File Folder first, and changed the icon. This didn't do anything to change the folder icons anywhere, so I did a Google search which turned up something about how customized settings don't show up on XP unless you change the desktop appearance to Windows Classic style. I did that and restarted my computer. Still no dice, so I just changed the appearance setting back to Windows XP style. But then I tried to open a folder and discovered the problem I'd created. Then I tried restoring the default folder options settings a few times, tried restarting, etc, but nothing helped. This isn't the end of the world, as I can still go into a folder and right click and hit Open, and that allows me to see all the contents. However, this is bugging me because I would prefer that the folders open properly and because I did something, and I want to know what it is. Oh well, the search continues! Thanks for your help. L. Quote
Dennis Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Hmmm, changing the file type is dangerous. Did you enabled window restore? If you have maybe you can try restoring it to a previous check point. To change icons for folders, you can just right-click the folder you want to change and choose customize and there is a "change icon" button there. For now I think restoring to a previous good state is the best way to go. Start>All program>Accessories>System tools>System restore Dennis Quote
TCH-Dick Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 since I wasn't sure which one I needed to fiddle with That is a sure sign to stop! <_> You have 2 options fix it in the registry or do a System restore. Most likely it is an error or unnecessary entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell But I have to agree with Dennis on this one, no need to make a bad situation worse. Quote
lerdo Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 Dennis, thankfully I do have system restore enabled, but it didn't even occur to me to use it now. So thank you for your very helpful suggestion. It did the trick. Thanks again, L. ETA: LOL at what you said, Point taken. Quote
Dennis Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Lol, well at lest one of M$'s OS features proved its usefulness....... Dennis Quote
lerdo Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 Dennis, I know! Surprise surprise, right? Also, someone sent me this link: Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder I figure I'll leave it here in case someone else needs it. L. Quote
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