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At My Computer/Tools/Folder Options General Tab the Click Items as Follows is greyed-out and limits me to Double Click. How can this be resolved to allow Single Click radio button to be used?

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Good catch by — a policy or an Explorer UI tweak is the usual reason that the "Click items as follows" control is locked. The following checklist focuses on safe, practical steps to isolate the cause without immediately editing the registry or applying group policy changes.

First, determine whether the problem is user-specific or system-wide. Create and sign in with a fresh local administrative account; if the Single-click option is available there, the issue is tied to the original user profile or a per-user setting. If it is still greyed out for a clean account, the change is system-wide (policy or shell-level modification).

Second, rule out third-party shell or UI utilities. Booting into Safe Mode prevents most non-Microsoft shell extensions from loading — if Folder Options is writable in Safe Mode, uninstall or disable Explorer enhancement tools. Use a utility such as Autoruns to identify non-Microsoft shell extensions and disable them temporarily to test whether one of them is enforcing the behavior (Autoruns for Windows).

If those checks don’t help, a System Restore to a prior point or a Windows repair operation can remove persistent changes. Always back up the registry and any important data before making system changes, and if the computer is managed on a corporate domain, coordinate with the domain administrator because domain Group Policy can enforce Explorer settings.

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The only thing I could find relating to this, is..

If you have XP Pro, Start > Run

gpedit.msc

Expand the menu tree thusly

User Configuration > Administative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer (Highlight this folder).

If the option "Turn on Classic Shell" is enabled, the mouse option is greyed.

That was it, sry...

Regards, Dave

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Ah, just found this.

It has the registry key setting if your using XP Home, and backs up the Classic Shell as the likely culprit.

Regards, Dave

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