Solved Windows explorer opens new windows

tbee

New Member
Whenever I double click on a directory in the contents panel a new window is opened, even though the "open in same window" checkbox in the options is checked.

In the context menu the "explore" option is bold (default action) and if I select that explicitly then the folder is opened in the current window, but double click executes "open" instead of "browse".

This behavior is since today or at least very recent. I do not recall an update being installed. I am current with the updates.

I have checked shell's default value in regedit (is set to none). I have tried re-applying the checkbox. Rebooting... The only thing left is to do a rollback of the system to a previous checkpoint, but I would expect the behavior to return.

Anyone any suggestions?

UPDATE:
Incorrect statement; I see three update installed two days ago.

KB955430: Update voor Windows Vista voor x64-systemen
2007 Microsoft® Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Internet Explorer 8 voor Windows Vista voor x64-systemen

As a side note, I noticed that if I hold ctrl to open a new tab for a link, IE8 does not actually download that page, but it stays on "Connected". I already activated Safari as the default browser. I'm going to rollback that update.
 

My Computer

Back
Top