problem opening a folder

when i double click to open a folder, a dialogue box appears showing "this file does not have a program associated with it for performing the action. please install a program or if one is already installed, create an association in the default program in the control panel" but the folders are opening when i right click and select the "open" option. normally, when i selected a folder previously, the option "open" used to ahow in the bar at the top of the desktop screen but now it is replaced by "cmd". please help out. am usin windows 7 home premium on a sony vaio laptop.

did you mean opening a file? a folder doesn't need a specific program to open, a file is the one that needs different programs to open. if it is a file, then you need to find the correct program that will open that type of file. you know this by checking the extension of the file, something after the .???, eg. .mp4 for video file, .txt for text file. after noting the extension, you can search the web for the associated program to open it and make the program the default one used to open that file. then windows will know what program to be used directly without asking again.

no, its about opening a folder.... its basically that when i try to open a folder, the above mentioned dialogue box appears... its basically something to do with "cmd" i feel... any help will be highly appreciated!!

just a moment ago i got something on my mind, is the folder a zip folder or any other type of special folder? zip folder sometimes look similar to regular folder but need unzip program to open. to need a special program just for opening a folder is really weird.

Kaktussoft said:

souvikmajumder said:

when i double click to open a folder, a dialogue box appears showing "this file does not have a program associated with it for performing the action. please install a program or if one is already installed, create an association in the default program in the control panel" but the folders are opening when i right click and select the "open" option. normally, when i selected a folder previously, the option "open" used to ahow in the bar at the top of the desktop screen but now it is replaced by "cmd". please help out. am usin windows 7 home premium on a sony vaio laptop.

What right click option is Bold?

no option is bold.. they are all in the same font!!

xxxdannyxxx said:

Hello souvikmajumder

Download and merge the default "folder" associations from here- Default File Type Associations - Restore and reboot see if that fixes it.

Danny

will try this thing and let u know... this problem happened after a windows update today afternoon... shall i do a restore?? will it work?