More Single Click Icons Vista images. The location of the setting where you enable the single-click of icons to open them always escapes me. I can never find it when I want to change it on my Mom’s.

Hello to all, I would like to set as a default option 'Single-click to open an item' in Windows Explorer. User can do it manually via 'Folder and Search Options'>'General' tab. However I need to do it upon application install using VBScript/WMI - this is customer's request. This setting is stored somewhere in registry but I cant find which keys shall I update - I suppose there are several key values to change. Where can I find this keys description? Mentor graphics pads 9.2-efa: full version software.

Do Win XP and Vista use same keys for this option? Thanks in advance, David. Hi, David: Explorer settings are persisted in what is called the 'shell state'.

There's a structure with bit fields in the Windows API,, that stores the information you're looking for. The field you are interested in is 'fDoubleClickInWebView' (see the documentation in the MSDN article I linked before). The SHELLSTATE structure is stored in the registry, specifically in the 'ShellState' value of this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Here's some source code, in VBS. Hi David_bubu, You have to set the following registry key: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer] 'ShellState'=hex:24,00,00,00,18,28,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00, 01,00,00,00,12,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,22,00,00,00 'IconUnderline'=dword:00000002 Just Copy and Paste into a Notepad and save it with.REG type of file. *Note that ' ShellState' is for ' Single-Click to open an item' and ' IconUnderline' with value ' 2' is for ' Underline icon titles consistent with my browser', ' IconUnderline' with value ' 3' is for ' Underline icon titles only when I point at them' After you apply the registry key, you have to Log off or Restart your system in orden you can see the change. As you said, Windows Vista and Windows XP normally (Not always in XP) use the same keys.

Please, be careful. Hi, David: Explorer settings are persisted in what is called the 'shell state'. There's a structure with bit fields in the Windows API,, that stores the information you're looking for. The field you are interested in is 'fDoubleClickInWebView' (see the documentation in the MSDN article I linked before).

The SHELLSTATE structure is stored in the registry, specifically in the 'ShellState' value of this registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Here's some source code, in VBS.

Well many people have been used to the single click format in the previous versions of Windows. So here I am to show you people how to customize the same in Windows Vista. To do so, you need to follow the simple steps given below: • Open My Computer. • Click on the Organize drop down menu located at the top left corner of the windows just below the Back & Forward buttons. • In the dropdown menu click on Folder & Search Options.