single click to open shortcuts

DNAsample · 11 Aug 2023

hello there, thanks to this guide Open Items with Single-Click or Double-Click in Windows 10 i now know how to single klick to open shortcuts in windows 10.
however i find it a bit annoying that the icons are now underlined when i move the cursor over them.
so i tried fixing that by changing a reg value.
this is the code used in the guide:

Code:

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V IconUnderline /T REG_DWORD /D 3 /F
REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V ShellState /T REG_BINARY /D 240000001ea8000000000000000000000000000001000000130000000000000062000000 /F

the explorer has only two options, underline icons always or only when moving the cursor over them, but what if i dont want the underline at all? so i changed value from the first regkey to 1 and it works, will have to find out if there are any unwanted side effect because of doing this.

as for the second regkey, i took a closer look in the registry and found that its value almost the same as the one in the guide but not the same after all, so i tried all possible options the explorer offers for singleklick and doubleklick to open and in none of the scenarios did i ever see the value that is shown in the regkey from the guide.
specificaly only those four characters differ from the rest: 1ea8, i instead have 1728 written in that precise location in the regkey.
to make it less confusing where im trying to get at:

regkey from guide (1st) and regkey from my registry (2nd)

Code:

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V ShellState /T REG_BINARY /D 240000001ea8000000000000000000000000000001000000130000000000000062000000 /F

Code:

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V ShellState /T REG_BINARY /D 240000001728000000000000000000000000000001000000130000000000000062000000 /F

why can i never under neither configuration scenario see the values 1ea8 that are present in the guides regkey?

either way i probably achived what i wanted, single klick to open with no annoying underline.

jhugor · 17 Feb 2024

tks, its working

Brink · 17 Feb 2024

Hello DNAsample,

I tested your REG modification, but it still behaves the same as having Underline icon titles consistent with my browser selected with Single-click to open an item (point to select) for me.

Brink · 17 Feb 2024

I've updated the tutorial to add step 4 to option two to "Open Item with Single-click (point to select), and Never Underline".

It uses an old Internet Options > Advanced tab > Underline links setting to change what "consistent with browser" does to "Never" underline instead of the default "Always".

Tutorial: Open Items with Single-Click or Double-Click in Windows 10

(contents of .bat file)

Code:

@echo off

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V IconUnderline /T REG_DWORD /D 3 /F
REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /V ShellState /T REG_BINARY /D 240000001ea8000000000000000000000000000001000000130000000000000062000000 /F

REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" /V "Anchor Underline" /T REG_SZ /D "no" /F

:: To kill and restart explorer
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

jhugor · 17 Feb 2024

Brink said:

Hello DNAsample,

I tested your REG modification, but it still behaves the same as having Underline icon titles consistent with my browser selected with Single-click to open an item (point to select) for me.

hope it helps

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result (exemple)

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good luck