Internet Explorer and Explorer are closely intertwined and this may be a
problem caused by IE. Go to control panel, add remove programs, highlight
IE, click remove and on the resulting screen, select the repair option.
Make sure your anti virus program is disabled. A reinstall of IE might be
necessary.

Another possibility:

"All Folders" Pane Missing or Windows Explorer Is Blank 192315
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=192315


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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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Knowledge Base Info:
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"Volker Riedel" wrote in message
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the folder window in windows explorer is not visible and
there is no way to make it visible again. If I click on
view / explorer / folder (I don't know if the names are
correct, as I only use a german win98) nothing happens. But
if I click on history the visited Urls appear in the left
window.