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    mouse issues help please!!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by joystik, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. joystik

    joystik Notebook Evangelist

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    Theres been some odd issues going on with my folders.

    Everytime i try to double click on a folder to open it, instead of showing me the contents in the folder.... a search box opens. So in order to get to the folder contents i have to right click and click explore...

    Are there any fixes to this? I've tried a buncha stuff!
     
    joystik, Feb 13, 2008
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  2. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    This isn't a mouse issue. Here i came to crack a joke that you should place some mouse traps down to rid your mouse issue...but i cant. I let down.

    What is the search box that opens. Is it a windows one? Or is it a spyware one?
     
    nizzy1115, Feb 13, 2008
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  3. joystik

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    hah! It's the windows one. The one with the small puppy on the bottom left, asking for the search location etc..
     
    joystik, Feb 13, 2008
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  4. joystik

    joystik Notebook Evangelist

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    it happens for mostly everything. When ever i double click on my hard drive, the search box shows up aswell.
     
    joystik, Feb 13, 2008
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Tried System Restore?

    And nizzy is right, this is not a mouse issue.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 13, 2008
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  6. darthsat

    darthsat Notebook Deity

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    Try this. I am assuming that you are using vista.

    1. Hold the windows key and press R on your keyboard.
    2. In that text bar, type regedit and click ok.
    3. Be careful in the registry window. Only go to this directory:
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
    4. One there, on the right side, double-click on "(Default)".
    5. Under value data, type: none
    6. Press ok and exit out of the registry and see if you can now open folders ok.
     
    darthsat, Feb 13, 2008
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