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How to Enable or Disable Single-Clicking Feature in Windows

April 4, 2018 by Mitch Bartlett 12 Comments

The location of the setting where you enable the single-click of icons to open them always escapes me. I can never find it when I want to change it on my Mom’s computer. Single-click irritates me, but here’s how to enable or disable it in Microsoft Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP.

Windows 10

  1. Right-click the “Start” button and select “File Explorer“.
  2. Select “View” > “Options” > “Change folder and search options“.
  3. In the “Click items as follows” section, choose between “Single click to open an item” or “Double-click to open an item“.
    Win7 single click settings

Windows 8, 7, & Vista

  1. Right-click the “Start” button and select “Control Panel“.
  2. Select “Appearance and Personalization“.
  3. Choose “Specify single- or double-click to open“.
    Win7 Folder options to single click
  4. In the “Click items as follows” section, choose between “Single click to open an item” or “Double-click to open an item“.
    Win7 single click settings

Windows XP

  1. Click “Start“ > “Control Panel“.
  2. Open Folders.
  3. Check the option for Single click to open an item to enable single-click to open items. Check Double-click to open item to disable the single-click feature.

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Comments

  1. Dylan Astrophysicist Walker says

    November 17, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    THanks

  2. Christine Cowart says

    March 18, 2022 at 1:00 pm

    My emails would pop open on the first click and I couldn’t select text, Tried removing checks in Reading pane, double checked that double-click was checked in File Explorer options, it was a might mare. I finally bought a new mouse! For the love of all that is good, that solved all the weirdness and I am thankful, lol

  3. Clippy says

    December 30, 2021 at 2:07 pm

    Still didn’t help. singleclick still opens and closes everything. It’s REALLY IRRITATING

  4. Unknown says

    May 6, 2021 at 2:05 am

    Thank it work

  5. Arslan Awan says

    September 14, 2020 at 12:05 pm

    Hy, My laptop keep deleting things by his own when i just point a cursor on it. Please can you help me?

  6. JC says

    August 6, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    ☼ I need to highlight more than one file still, to copy or upload multiple files. But now, w/single click, it only opens. What is the fix/shortcut to this?

    I want single click, but there must be other people who also want to click & highlight multiple files as well?

    thx

  7. john ruben says

    July 29, 2020 at 1:52 pm

    Your site and information was the only one that WORKED. Thank you.

  8. William Triplett says

    October 6, 2019 at 9:13 pm

    I set it up like this. It stayed that way for one day. Today I get up and the option is greyed out and indicates the setting I wanted but now my mouse functions as a single click open and hover to select. I can not use the method presented here as the option is greyed out.

  9. Tester says

    September 20, 2018 at 7:52 am

    It worked! thanks!

  10. anupam rai says

    August 21, 2018 at 5:00 am

    YES IT HELP LOT THANKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION GUYS

  11. Eric T Schiro says

    July 23, 2018 at 11:10 am

    Hey,
    This helped a great deal. Thanks a bunch for your knowledge

  12. angry bunny says

    May 8, 2018 at 2:35 pm

    Hi THANKS! it has been driving me crazy that single clinking.for the last few years. I am glad it was this easy to fix. Thanks again.

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