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Windows Explorer does not show contents
Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many
folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David |
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"Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message ... Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David |
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I too am getting this problem. I tried your video adapter
fix Mart, unfortunately it had no effect. I also had previously looked at the fix you singled out in the knowledge base, it was also of no help. No matter how you select to view your icons, there are no icons to view. Thank you for the attempts Mart. At least you tried. I'm not sure where to go now. I hate the thought of wiping the drive, especially since all my info is still there, just not accessible. -----Original Message----- "Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message ... Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David . |
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This does not do it. Nothing comes up in the right pane.
Changing from detailed view doesn't change anything either. David -----Original Message----- "Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message ... Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David . |
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David & Jamie, have either of you tried a System Restore?
Also, two other things you could try before you resort to 'more drastic measures' 1) Try Start | Run and type scanreg /fix in the box and OK 2) Repair Internet Explorer (if you have the option!) - Control Panel | Add/remove programs, select IE and choose remove and you * should* be offered a 'Repair' option. BTW - this assumes that you are virus and parasite free! Good luck guys Mart "David" wrote in message ... This does not do it. Nothing comes up in the right pane. Changing from detailed view doesn't change anything either. David -----Original Message----- "Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message ... Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David . |
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Hey guys
same problem here - unfortunately no solution. I must admit I haven't tried all the options Mart suggests, but I suppose they won't work anyway (didn't work with the rest...). I'll try a system restore... hope it helps Do you guys also have the problem only in explorer, for eg not in the office programs? guy -----Original Message----- David & Jamie, have either of you tried a System Restore? Also, two other things you could try before you resort to 'more drastic measures' 1) Try Start | Run and type scanreg /fix in the box and OK 2) Repair Internet Explorer (if you have the option!) - Control Panel | Add/remove programs, select IE and choose remove and you * should* be offered a 'Repair' option. BTW - this assumes that you are virus and parasite free! Good luck guys Mart "David" wrote in message ... This does not do it. Nothing comes up in the right pane. Changing from detailed view doesn't change anything either. David -----Original Message----- "Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message .. . Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David . . |
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THREE of you with the same problem in such a short space of time??
Coincidence? - Beginning to suspect a bit of a 'common issue' here guys! Again - courtesy of Noel this time :- You may have a virus/spyware hijack download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling viruses are not present on your PC http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe - update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files. Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the CoolWebSearch hijacker. http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html Use CWShredder, the removal tool: http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from your system. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Mart "guy" wrote in message ... Hey guys same problem here - unfortunately no solution. I must admit I haven't tried all the options Mart suggests, but I suppose they won't work anyway (didn't work with the rest...). I'll try a system restore... hope it helps Do you guys also have the problem only in explorer, for eg not in the office programs? guy -----Original Message----- David & Jamie, have either of you tried a System Restore? Also, two other things you could try before you resort to 'more drastic measures' 1) Try Start | Run and type scanreg /fix in the box and OK 2) Repair Internet Explorer (if you have the option!) - Control Panel | Add/remove programs, select IE and choose remove and you * should* be offered a 'Repair' option. BTW - this assumes that you are virus and parasite free! Good luck guys Mart "David" wrote in message ... This does not do it. Nothing comes up in the right pane. Changing from detailed view doesn't change anything either. David -----Original Message----- "Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message . .. Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David . . |
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restoring doens't work - i get an errormessage, i suppose
it's related to the other problem. i printed out noel's suggestion and will try later. my problem started yesterday - when my computer, although it is protected with mcafee (updated on startup etc)was infected with the startpageDC-virus. the infected files couldn't be deleted (runsystem32.dll and system.exe) how did you get the problem? good luck! guy -----Original Message----- THREE of you with the same problem in such a short space of time?? Coincidence? - Beginning to suspect a bit of a 'common issue' here guys! Again - courtesy of Noel this time :- You may have a virus/spyware hijack download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling viruses are not present on your PC http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe - update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files. Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the CoolWebSearch hijacker. http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html Use CWShredder, the removal tool: http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to remove spyware, adware, and other such nasties from your system. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Mart "guy" wrote in message ... Hey guys same problem here - unfortunately no solution. I must admit I haven't tried all the options Mart suggests, but I suppose they won't work anyway (didn't work with the rest...). I'll try a system restore... hope it helps Do you guys also have the problem only in explorer, for eg not in the office programs? guy -----Original Message----- David & Jamie, have either of you tried a System Restore? Also, two other things you could try before you resort to 'more drastic measures' 1) Try Start | Run and type scanreg /fix in the box and OK 2) Repair Internet Explorer (if you have the option!) - Control Panel | Add/remove programs, select IE and choose remove and you * should* be offered a 'Repair' option. BTW - this assumes that you are virus and parasite free! Good luck guys Mart "David" wrote in message .. . This does not do it. Nothing comes up in the right pane. Changing from detailed view doesn't change anything either. David -----Original Message----- "Windows Explorer Does Not Display Item's Contents in Right Pane" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 Maybe...? Mart "David" wrote in message .. . Windows Explorer will not show the contents of many folders lately. Some do show, but most do not. Only a little square at the top left of the section with a dot in the middle. The details at the bottem give the totals of the files, etc., but nothing shows. If I know the specific file I am looking for I can find it in search, but in the folders options, I have this problem. David |
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"Mart" wrote in message ... THREE of you with the same problem in such a short space of time?? Coincidence? - Beginning to suspect a bit of a 'common issue' here guys! Wonder if it's related to another apparently common issue lately, that of d-clicking folders bringing up the Open With dialogue. Shane |
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My system restore also fails. First, it brings up a error message saying it can't run scripts on the page. No matter what you select at that point, restore doesn't even start. If you then hit restore again, the restore window comes up but is completely blank. As for having got whatever this is, I think my AVG said I had a JS/Psyme(?) virus, at which point I ran my anti virus. While reading the posts here however, I just got a Trojan Dialer message. I am now going to dive into Mart's ideas on the stinger, etc. to see if any of that helps, as well as updating and running AVG yet again. |
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