Windows 7 - Favorites folders in the My Computer window
I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise. When I click on a favorite folder (left hand pane) in a My Computer window, it opens into a new window even though I have the folder options set to "open each folder in the same window". Is there anyway to change this?
Love it when people suggest conflicting things on forums... These things are all claimed to solve your problem!
Suggestion 1:
Have a look at this registry key and check that it says: None
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
Suggestion 2:
My Fix:
open "regedit" (Start/Run...)
go to
"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell" and change the (Default) field to "open" (without the quotes)
Ready!
Suggestion 3:
1- open the registry editor (Winkey+R and type in "regedit")
2- Navigate to HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3831040691-3390046849-3855596486-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
3- Find the "Explorer" key and delete it, it will be then recreated.
4- Reboot
** Please keep you should always back up your registry before you make registry edits. Also, this is something I found through a Google search and although people have reported it works for them I can't be sure as I haven't tried it.**
Last resort:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/settingssamewindow.reg
or
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/opendefault.reg