[RA]

About a month ago I began having a problem with doing the "find target" in
properties on right-clicking an icon. Instead of going to the directory,
the WinXP search window comes up. Any suggestions? TIA

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

RA,

Do you experience the following problem, in addition to the issue you
mentioned?

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186

Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
(Tip from David Candy)

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

--
Ramesh Srinivasan
MS-MVP, Windows Shell

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

"RA" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> About a month ago I began having a problem with doing the "find target" in
> properties on right-clicking an icon. Instead of going to the directory,
> the WinXP search window comes up. Any suggestions? TIA
>

"RA" <someone@microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> About a month ago I began having a problem with doing the "find target" in
> properties on right-clicking an icon. Instead of going to the directory,
> the WinXP search window comes up. Any suggestions? TIA
>
>

[RA]

No problems with folders. But the fix from David did the trick. Thank you.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> RA,
>
> Do you experience the following problem, in addition to the issue you
> mentioned?
>
> Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186
>
> Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
> (Tip from David Candy)
>
> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
>
> --
> Ramesh Srinivasan
> MS-MVP, Windows Shell
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
> "RA" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:pLCpe.469$K_5.79@news02.roc.ny...
>> About a month ago I began having a problem with doing the "find target"
>> in properties on right-clicking an icon. Instead of going to the
>> directory, the WinXP search window comes up. Any suggestions? TIA
>>
>

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks for posting back.

--
Ramesh Srinivasan
MS-MVP, Windows Shell

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

"RA" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:J0Ype.574$9z6.401@news02.roc.ny...
> No problems with folders. But the fix from David did the trick. Thank
> you.
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eTP$aTDbFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> RA,
>>
>> Do you experience the following problem, in addition to the issue you
>> mentioned?
>>
>> Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186
>>
>> Click Start/Run and type this command to fix this problem:
>> (Tip from David Candy)
>>
>> regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh Srinivasan
>> MS-MVP, Windows Shell
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>> "RA" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:pLCpe.469$K_5.79@news02.roc.ny...
>>> About a month ago I began having a problem with doing the "find target"
>>> in properties on right-clicking an icon. Instead of going to the
>>> directory, the WinXP search window comes up. Any suggestions? TIA
>>>
>>
>
>