Whoa! Weird Folder Problem!!!

[Dinosaur]

Last night I was messing around with changing icons for My Computer, My Documents, etc. I also tried changing the default icon for regular folders. Well I ended up falling asleep at my desk and not finishing that part. When I tried to go in to a folder this morning, something is very wrong. I'm sure there is an easy fix, but I dont know what it is.

Somehow the system default got changed so that when I go in to a regular folder, instead of showing me the contents, it shows me an empty "search results" window. In the pane on the left I can enter different criteria to search by. The search button in the toobar at the top is selected.

If I click on "folders" instead, it leaves the main pane alone but brings up the standard windows file system on the left. If I try clicking to go in to a folder, it just opens another window with the same search features.

What have I done?! I'm guessing I somehow changed the default action for folder to be a search window but how did this happen? More importantly, how can I fix it?!

Thanks.....

[chevyrulz099]

this is a common problem...every time it comes up i can nnever find the damn link again.

maybe i should copy and paste it in my bookmarks. sorry i cant be of help, but it is common, and a SIMPLE fix.


edit: this doesnt sound right, but try it:
http://computing.net/windowsxp/wwwbo...um/102862.html

the answer is somewhere on computing.net
this is it!
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321186