Secondly, there is also a new Proxy/Stub provider found in ieproxy.dll of Internet Explorer (IE ActiveX Interface Marshaling Library). Some interfaces that previously used actxprxy.dll are now registered to use ieproxy.dll.

Now various problematic software (such as Vault 3.x) will try to register against actxproxy using the old GUID, and for interfaces now proxied by ieproxy.dll.

Please read the source yourself (link above) for more details.

It helped me a lot, because noone could really help me, not even here, and i received partially weird

hints of which none helped at all.

only the above batch file helped it.

this will re-appear, so keep that batch file, you will need it from time to time.

Open Folders as New Windows Instead of Tabs in Finder of Mac OS X

The Mac file system received tabbed window support in OS X Mavericks, which also caused opening new Finder windows into launching new tabs rather than an actual new Finder window. While this helps to cut down on window clutter when browsing the file system, it can also be kind of frustrating if you want to actually open a specific directory into a separate Finder window. Fortunately, there are a few workarounds to this, and you can open new windows instead of tabs in the OS X Finder by using a specific trick or by changing the default window behavior. We’ll cover both methods, so you can use whichever is most appropriate for your situations.

A quick reminder; you can always open a completely new Finder window by hitting Command+N anywhere in the Finder, this will default to launching a new window at your home folder unless you change that. The tricks below are aimed at opening specific folders into new windows.

1: Option + Right-Click for a New Finder Window of the Folder

The simplest option to open a specific folder into a new window is to use the Option key as a keyboard modifier and right-click the folder. While holding Option you’ll see the “Open in New Tab” transforms to “Open in New Window”, so just select that and it will launch the chosen folder into a new Finder window.

This is quick, easy, can be done anywhere, and doesn’t require any settings changed to the Mac Finder.

2a: Make New Windows the Default Rather Than Tabs

Another option is to disable the default Tab behavior and switch back to how things worked in OS X prior to Mavericks. To use this to open folders into new Folders is really a two part trick, the first of which requires a quick settings adjustment:

• From the Finder, go to the ‘Finder menu’ and choose “Preferences”
• Under the “General” tab uncheck the box for “Open folders in tabs instead of new windows”

Close out of the Finder preferences and now you can use a keyboard modifier to open a specific folders into new windows, the next part of this trick:

2b: Command + Double-Click to Open New Window

Just as it sounds, once you’ve disabled the “Open folders in tabs instead of new windows” behavior, hold down the Command key and then double-click to open a folder as usual this will instantly launch it into a new window, rather than a new tab.

It’s essential to perform the 2a settings change first, otherwise this will just open the folder into a tab instead.

Bonus Option 3: Use Simplified Finder Windows

Finally, you can also choose to hide the Finder window toolbar to greatly simplify the appearance of Finder windows, which also happens to cause double-clicking on all Folders to launch into new windows. This behavior is how navigating the file system worked on the Mac prior to OS X in the ‘Classic’ experience of Mac OS. But the downside to this approach of course is that you lose the sidebar and the toolbar, both of which are very useful to have around.

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Who in their right mind would use the icon view where you have to sift through, say, a hundred small pictures wasting time on deciphering what each of them mean? Isn’t an alphabetical list easier to navigate (giving you a simple criterium—alphabet—for finding anything you need)? —why, yes, it is! That’s why I only use the column view. Right-click gives you an option to open a folder in a new tab, and do you really need anything else? No! Now, geeks, let me have it about how stupid I am and how Apple is going downhill.

There used to be a defaults database entry called FinderSpawnWindow which could be set to true/1. You could only alter this from a terminal window though. This would ensure the Finder opened new windows always when double clicking on a Folder, regardless of whether there was a toolbar visible or not. That feature got removed somewhere along the way (Yosemite?) and revealed the current behaviour as something that was there all the time and being hidden by the FinderSpawnWindow setting.

The feed back I received from filing a bug report about this was “Engineering has determined that the Finder behaves as intended”. I was hoping they would put this feature back sometime so the users could choose either mode of operation.

I don’t know whether it is possible to convince the engineering department to reconsider. I think a large number of people have tried but maybe the requests haven’t reached a critical mass yet.

It is not enough to make me stop using macOS and hardly worth getting heated and angry over it but it is frustrating to keep having to retrain the muscle memory when I’m switching between old and new systems.

I was fallowing instructions and pictures shown all over the place
indicating how to open folders on different windows. it says “Press Option + Right Click” on the folder, but it was not showing that option. Happens that in OS 10.13.6 and higher is not option anymore. Just open FINDER go to the desired folder or drive. RIGHT CLICK the desired folder and you will see ” OPEN ON NEW WINDOW” at the top. That makes more sense now.

Is there a shortcut to open folders up in a new window?

With directories you can right click -> Open in new window , however I would like to know whether there is an easier shortcut, because this is an action that I perform all the time.

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Hold down Ctrl and double click the file/folder to open in a new window.

You can also hold Ctrl and hit Enter on a highlighted folder to accomplish the same thing (In case you like to browse with your keyboard)

Let me know if thats what you needed!

in shortcut properties, the type target is ‘Folder’, and this open in same window, to change behavior put parameter and path in field ‘Target’:

C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n, «C:\Users\USER-NAME\Downloads»

C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n, C:\Users\USER-NAME\Downloads

this change target type to application located to explorer then explorer.exe get’s parameter N to open your custom path to folder in new window.

Selecting the folder on the left, ctrl + n, alt + tab, enter.

You can change the settings for Windows Explorer so that it always opens folders in a new window. To do this, start by going into the View tab and then click Options:

When you click on Options, a «Folder Options» window will open. You can then click «Open each folder in its own window» and then click OK or Apply to save the settings:

Once you’ve done this, every time you double-click on a folder it will open in a new window. You can always change this setting back by doing the same thing and selecting «Open each folder in the same window».