{"id":10477,"date":"2017-11-08T06:39:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T06:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=10477"},"modified":"2020-11-20T08:02:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T08:02:37","slug":"change-from-double-click-to-single-click-to-open-folders-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-from-double-click-to-single-click-to-open-folders-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Change from Double Click to Single Click to Open Folders in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows allows you to open items (files, folders or applications) with a double left click. If you&#8217;re tired of double-tapping on your mouse or touchpad, you can enable single click to open folders or files. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to change from double click to single click to open folders\/files in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Change from Double Click to Single Click to Open Folders in Windows 10?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Type <strong>folder options<\/strong> into the Cortana Search box, which is located at the bottom left corner of the Windows 10 taskbar. Click on <strong>File Explorer Options<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/search-windows-10-folder-options.png\" width=\"393\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>On the General tab in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-folder-options-in-windows\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Folder Options<\/a>, enable the option <strong>Single-click to open an item (point to select)<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/single-click-to-open-item.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10486\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: If the &#8220;Single-click to open an item (point to select)&#8221; option is greyed out, you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/fix-single-click-to-open-an-item-is-greyed-out\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">disable the &#8220;Turn on Classic Shell&#8221; group policy<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Apply<\/strong> then <strong>OK<\/strong> to save the settings. Now, when you move your mouse over a folder or file, it will underline the icon title and you can open it with a single click.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/single-click-open-files.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10487\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! If you would like to open items with double-click later on, just open the Folder Options and enable the option <strong>Double-click to open an item (single-click to select)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows allows you to open items (files, folders or applications) with a double left click. If you&#8217;re tired of double-tapping on your mouse or touchpad, you can enable single click to open folders or files. 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