Folders open in a new window

Problem

When you open a folder in Windows, it opens in a new window as opposed to the same window.

Solution

Tested on Windows 7.

  1. Open a folder.
  2. Click Organize –> Folder and Search Options.
  3. Make sure “Open each folder in same window” is checked

If that doesn’t work then put the following below (in italics) in a .reg file and run it to import the contents in to the registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}]

@=”IServiceProvider”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\NumMethods]
@=”4″

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\ProxyStubClsid32]
@=”{A4A1A128-768F-41E0-BF75-E4FDDD701CBA}”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}]
@=”IServiceProvider”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\NumMethods]
@=”4″

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}\ProxyStubClsid32]
@=”{A4A1A128-768F-41E0-BF75-E4FDDD701CBA}”

1 comment

  1. Can't tell you how helpful this was. Had a vendor installer which modified this value for some unknown reason. You saved me a trial and error approach for about 300 ClassesInterface keys.

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