Single-Click or Double-Click to Open an Item

Can't get double click to open to work

I have a problem with my system.
I have it set to double click to open in folder options, in fact, all other options are greyed out. But it doesn't work. A single click on anything opens or launches it.
Very annoying and I can't see any way to change it.

Hello Apmorency, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if running a sfc /scannow command may help. If not, then as a test, create a new administrator account to see if it works properly in it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks, tried it. Returned no errors.

There are 3 other user accounts besides the admin's. They all work normally.

Apmorency,

As a test, create a new administrator account to see if it workd properly in it. If so, then you can copy the contents of your old account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders. After everything checks out, then you can delete the old account from within the new account.

While I realize this is an old thread, I've had this problem for a long time. I had tried everything I could find to fix it and nothing did including the suggestions here (although I did not try the new account suggestion). Today, I was determined to fix it.

This is what worked for me: Open "Run" and type gpedit.msc to open up the group policy editor. Navigate to User Configuration/Administrative Templates/All Settings/Turn on Classic Shell. My setting was set to Enable. I changed it to Disable. I then opened up folder options from the control panel and on the general tab clicked Restore Defaults.

This fixed the problem.

Sorry, I forgot one step: After changing the setting in gpedit, you have to open "Run" again and type: gpupdate.

Then do the folder options part.

If you want to use Single Click to open items, but don't want that annoying underline when you point at an item, follow these steps:

1) Open "Folder Options"


Under the heading "Click items as follows"
> Select "Single-click to open an item (point to select)
> Select "Underline icon titles consistent with my browser"
> Click "Apply", then "OK" to close the dialog box

2) Open Microsoft Internet Explorer (yes, that's right Internet Explorer, the browser most none of us use, but is still lurking on our hard drives).


> Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of the IE window
> Scroll down and select "Internet Options"

3) Click on the "Advanced" tab


> Scroll down a bit until you find the "Underline links" heading
> Click on "Never"
> Click on the "Apply" button, then "OK" to close the dialog box.

4) Test the results:
Go to your desktop and open a new window, then hover over an icon—and then another and then a few more—look! No underline! Amazing! You get the ease of use with the Single click option, but without the annoying underlines!