Folder Opens in a New Window

by Chiranjib in Tips and Tweaks,Troubleshooting,Windows on May 9, 2009

Have you ever faced such problem that clicking on a drive it open’s in a new window. If yes then try the following solutions.
Method 1
Cheack Browse folders option under Tools >> Folder Options in General if it is set to open folders in same window or it’s own window.


Method 2
Go to Start>>regedit and navigate to the follwing key.
HKLR/Directory/Shell and in the right hand pane change the default valus data as none.
Exit the registrty
Method 3
If you are not familiar with the registry editor then dont worry, just download the following registry file from the following link and double click on it to run.

Open in the Same Window (582 bytes, 1,741 hits)


Method 4
You can use this small utility ” Flash Disinfector“. Just download and run it from you computer. Note that before running ” Flash Disinfector” close all your programmes and windows. The screen may go blank for a moment while you are running this utility. But don’t worry, this is normal.

Youmay need to restart your system after going through the above process.

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/Flash_Disinfector.exe

{ 15 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Sanix May 9, 2009 at 8:02 am

Chiranjib I don’t really understand the connection between opening a folder in a new window and the flash disinfector???

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2 Chiranjib May 9, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Flash disinfector removes the autorun.inf from the drives as well as the USB drives. In most cases this problem occurs due to virus. Flash disinfector is the best solution I have used. You can try it.

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3 Sanix May 10, 2009 at 5:55 am

But my point is that even though the flash disinfector will remove the autorun.inf file from the USB drive, how will it restore the problem of folders opening in a new window?

By the way we have our own smart virus remover which does the same thing as flash disinfector plus it removes the virus also.
http://www.technize.com/2009/02/15/smart-virus-remover-1436/

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4 adib. May 24, 2009 at 7:21 pm

Thanks..I looking over the internet and useless, luckily I’m subscribing to the Technize RSS, so then my laptop now healthy again. My suggestion is always keep Smart Virus Remover as your backup, you never know when you needed in case.

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5 Sanix May 25, 2009 at 1:26 am

Thanks for the compliments adib. Yes Smart Virus Remover is a must have app for everyone using Windows as problems may occur anytime.

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6 Mary Meyerowitz June 21, 2009 at 8:31 pm

great! many thanks

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7 Arslan July 29, 2009 at 6:07 pm

THIS TOOL REALLY WORKS . THANKS A LOT CHIRANJIB .

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8 Ikram45 July 29, 2009 at 6:56 pm

THANKS! SOFTWARE WORKS!

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9 Adil dua August 8, 2009 at 12:13 am

Thanks.. The registry method worked…

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10 Sachin August 9, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Ohh……absolute amazing……
Hey guyz …This really worked….!
First when i ……saw dis tool…..
i hav never even thought dat….itz gonna help me…
Oh….thx a lot !

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11 sachin August 9, 2009 at 9:47 pm

Thanx Chiranjib !!!

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12 Abhishek August 14, 2009 at 11:20 am

Flash Disinfector Rocks(FD) !!! i am a great fan of this software…Thanks a lot FD for cleaning my PC…I am relieved from all troubles of the PC.

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13 suman August 18, 2009 at 1:23 pm

thanq veryyyyy much

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14 Sandeep Tripathi August 18, 2009 at 7:24 pm

Thanks a lot…its realy worked

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15 Zain October 28, 2009 at 2:49 pm

First i thought i not gonna work.I thought that it is maybe because of virus but not i am amazed after using this software it has help me alot.thax with best regards to all.

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