Double clicking a folder in explorer.exe is opening Nord VPN app

[aminomancer]

Something really weird has started to happen. I enabled the shell integration "Default File Manager" setting many years ago and it's worked fine. But now when I double click a folder from explorer.exe, it opens NordVPN, which gives me a message that the selection is too big for Nord to send it, and I should zip the items. So clearly Nord's shell integration has somehow taken control of XYplorer's. But when I disable the XYplorer shell integration, explorer.exe works just fine. It just opens folders in explorer.exe the way it normally would.

Also, when I double click a directory, it opens XYplorer, but XYplorer doesn't actually open the directory. It just basically focuses the XYplorer window.

[aminomancer]

Also, I can see a shell extension for NordVPN:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\NordVPN-file-share

[aminomancer]

Seems to be the same problem as this bug: viewtopic.php?t=23547

But I haven't found any solution for it.

[admin]

What else is going on in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\?

[Hemant]

Seems to be the same problem as this bug: viewtopic.php?t=23547
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But I haven't found any solution for it.

What did you try?

[Horst]

The following .reg file sets the default.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
 @="none"
 
 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
 @="none"