Double Click opens up a new explorer window fix it using registry

Are you facing up the similar situation while you double click on anyone of your drives and it opens up in a new window. Then the following registry fix might help you to came up with a solution.

Though this problem generally occurs with a virus infection but whatever is the case you need to only modify the registry settings as per the steps given below:

1. Open the run window using WINDOWS + R key and type regedit.exe to open the registry editor.
2. Locate the key : HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Directory/Shell

Double click on the default value on right and set it as “none”.
Repeat the procedure for the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Drive/Shell.

Hope the above solution will work for you if it fails however you can also try the below solution

Open start menu and click Run.
Type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
Click Ok and if this message shows “DllRegisterServer and DllInstall in shell32.dll succeeded” that means the problem is solved.

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