Anilrgowda

Question: When I open up the C:\ drive or the D:\ drive in My Computer, the default "view" is in search mode. When I right click on the C:\, instead of the "Open" command being in bold and first option, the "Search" is in bold and the first option. I check the folder options, but I can't seem to find out where this default search option is located. I want to turn it off, and make "Open" the default option for the drives.

Anilrgowda

Nope, This is a very common problem. Described and solved by this MSKB article:

Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder
Search Companion Starts If You Double-Click a Folder

You should read the article for an explanation of the problem, but the corrective action to take is this:

Click the Start button, then type REGEDIT in the Run dialog box off the Start Menu and click OK. Now navigate in the left pane to these two keys and click on the shell subkey:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

In each, double-click the (Default) value on the right hand pane and type the word:

none

Then close the Registry Editor.

You can also download a Visual Basic script to automatically make the Registry change from here:

Fix "Search" Opens Instead of Explorer