Windows Tips - Open Files and Folders with a Single Click in Windows

You can choose to open files and folders on your windows computer using a single click. To open an item using a single click, you only need to position the mouse pointer over the item and then click to open the item. This saves you from constantly having to double-click to open items.

When you choose to open items using a single click, you can specify if you want icon titles to always appear underlined or appear underlined only when you position the mouse pointer over the icon.

Using a single click with underlined icon titles makes opening files on your windows computer seem more like clicking text links on a Web page. To select an item when you have chosen to open items using a single click, simply position the mouse pointer over the item you want to select.

To select more than one item, you can hold down the Ctrl key as you position the mouse pointer over each item you want to select or holding left click and drag to select.

To Change Folder Options on your Windows computer.

Open Windows My computer
Click Tools in Menu Bar

Select Folder Options
In General tab of Folder options Window
Below Icons items as follows
Select Single Click To Open an item (point to select)
Here you Select the Type of selection you need

Underline icons titles consistent with my browser
Underline icons titles only when I point at them

Click Apply, then click Ok to close
Then you will get files and folders opening just like web browsing