If you mess around in the registry, 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.
If you are also experiencing this problem when you try to click on a drive, you can run this command from the run box or command prompt:
"regsvr32 /i shell32.dll"
(without quotes)
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.
Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:58 pm