Windows 7 - Explorer opens a new window every time I open a folder

Hi there,
I've been searching a lot, trying to find a solution to this problem, but no solution.
The problem is that, when I open a folder, explorer will allways open a new window, and I end up with lots of windows, which becomes really annoying.
Also, nothing happens when I change folders options to "open each folder in the same window". I checked it, unckecked it, checked it, restarted the computer, stopped the explorer process at the task manager, nothing worked.

This is really annoying. Please help.

With Win exploer open and from the menu bar:
Tools | Folder Options | General tab | Browse folders section|
choose Open each folder in the same window

Thank you karlsnooks, but in my message I said that that didn't work.
That would be a too obvious problem to post here.
I want to know if I have to delete a registry or change something, APART from the folder options.

You should have to do nothing.

Only a system that has been altered could show such a problem.

First, try running the system file checker.
System File Checker - SFC /SCANNOW Command


Oh yes, if you have one of those Win Explorer substitutes loaded, then get rid of it. They are nothing but trouble.

It worked! Thank you very much karlsnooks.
Ah...Much better opening a single window
And I also had another problem that was also fixed. Thank you very much.

Thanks for getting back with the results and glad to hear that all is well.

I have the exact same problem and like dfps14, I made sure that the folder option setting was set to "Open each folder in the same window". Then I also ran the System File Checker - SFC /SCANNOW Command like karlsnooks had suggested. The results came back:

Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

My windows explorer still opens every folder in a new window... Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance.

Nothing to suggest mtoda - Win 7 shouldnt work like that

Too bad you guys were having problems with the OS - but some people (like myself) actually would rather have each new folder open into it's own window. Thats so I can look at the contents of both a parent and child folder and then easily drag stuff from one folder to another or in some cases check for duplicates in both folders - but my preference would less than desirable without a utility like "WindowManager" - which remembers both the Size and the Position of each folder window thats opened (like XP used to).

So what a great thing that Microsoft has so many user settable options so that we can each set up our environments the way we want !!!!!!!

Hey Happyman,

It's great to have the pop up windows when you're moving files, but when I'm just browsing for stuff (especially when I have many levels of folders) it gets really annoying to have to close so many windows just to get to one file.

Win 7 is a much better OS than XP, but there are many features I miss such as "auto align" function on desktop. Also, I find that my desktop items gets "rearranged" every now and then.

As for the issue I had, I found another solution here:

Solution: Explorer open each folder in same window error and SQL Management Studio, IE and Team Explorer errors | David's Blog

And that worked for me.