If you mess around in the registry, or install some different software packages that add things to the right-click menu, you can end up with a problem where the default action on a folder is always "Search…", even though you set it to something else.
There's a quick and easy fix for this problem. Open up regedit.exe by using Start\Run and then browse down to this registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
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Double-click on the default value and set it to "none" without the quotes, as seen here:
This will restore the normal behavior.
If you are also experiencing this problem when you try to click on a drive, you can run this command from the run box or command prompt:regsvr32 /i shell32.dll
