31 Jul, 2008 in How To by resourcehacker

Drive don’t open in same window on double click in windows XP

hey GUYS…

hav u ever faced this problem…when u double click on any one of your pc’s drive, it shows an “open wid window” n doesnot open in the appropriate manner…so follow the steps to solve this problem

make sure the folder settings:

  1. Open “My Computer”.
  2. Go on Tools menu and open Folder Option.
  3. In General Tab, check “Open each folder in the same window”.
  4. Click on OK to save setting and close the “Folder Option” window.

if you still facing the problem then you need to follow these steps

  1. First Method:1. Open Start >> Run and type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
    2. press ok
    3. You will see a message DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shell32.dll succeeded
    4. that’s it…ur drive will open in same window

wat???….u still facing…try this

Second Method:

1. Open Start >> Run and type regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Directory/Shell
3. Double click the default key type none and press ok.
4. now navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Drive/Shell.
5. Double click the default key type none and press ok.

comon man this is heights…try this now

Third Method:

If you don’t want to play with the registry ,you can run the following command instead at

Run Prompt: ( Open Start >> Run )

“reg add hkcr\drive\shell /ve /d none /f” (without double quotes)

i hope this shuld work….otherwise…………………………………………………………….. ur solutions are also invited :-)

try it out….n give us ur feedback

regards

RESOURCE HACKER :-)

6 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. Suresh - Gravatar

    SureshNo Gravatar  |  September 12th, 2008 at 2:52 pm #

    Thank you very much for the help,the third method work. Thanks a lot.

  2. pulok - Gravatar

    pulokNo Gravatar  |  September 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pm #

    none of this worked plz help, its driving me crazy

  3. anubhav - Gravatar

    anubhavNo Gravatar  |  September 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am #

    hey it worked yaar i remembered what sud be done with drive but i had completely forgotten about the directory. tks yaar I was trying to solve a problem created by a virus called “pornovid” when my drive hesitated to open so i navigated folder option>file types>drive and changed “open with”. i added open and made exploler to open it and since then the problem had started.
    but tks to u, u solved my problem

  4. John - Gravatar

    JohnNo Gravatar  |  November 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am #

    I have done whatever you have given the solutions. I followed each and every steps. But still its now working. somewhere i read its a virus. Now no idea how I will solve this problem.

    John

  5. Arnab - Gravatar

    ArnabNo Gravatar  |  December 21st, 2008 at 1:23 am #

    I have followed each steps u had provided. But they are all in vain. Donno what to do. May be this is a virus. So just scanning. Lets see what happens.:(

  6. Dave - Gravatar

    DaveNo Gravatar  |  January 4th, 2009 at 3:27 pm #

    This worked for me

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