Why When I Double-Click a Windows Folder Does It Bring Up Windows Search?

If you mess around in the registry, contract a computer virus,or install some different software packages that add things to the right-click menu, you can end up with a problem where the default action on a folder is always "Search…", even though you set it to something else.

Here is the easy fix for the problem:

Run this command from the run box or command prompt:

Start -> Run -> and Type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll and press <enter>

This should restore the normal behavior.

If you are getting a message that says "Windows cannot find 'PET32.exe'", then at some point you had a virus, or still have a virus.

First, make sure that you run a virus scanner to get rid of the virus.

Then run the regsvr32 command above, which should fix the problem.

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