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Folders not showing in left pane of Win Explorer
I have only a blank pane showing when using the Folders
view through the Explorer Bar (click View on menu bar then Explorer Bar then Folders--or click the Folders icon on toolbar). The other views do show (Search, Media, History, Favorites) but if I then go back to try the Folders view again, the other view (Search for example) still shows. What's up with that? The closest thing I found online is: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 but this article is the opposite issue (files/folders not showing in the right pane). |
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Folders not showing in left pane of Win Explorer
Explorer's Folder View:
This particular problem is often the result of a damaged IE (usually IE6) install, often as a result of doing so with Norton or McAfee running at the time. Yes I do realise you are talking about Windows Explorer rather than Internet Explorer but the two are linked. May I suggest that you try repairing IE. Do this using Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs and highlight Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Add/Remove and then on the next screen select "Repair Internet Explorer" and then OK. If you don't have an entry for Microsoft Internet Explorer but rather it reads something like Internet Explorer Q?????? don't worry. This is because you have installed a cumulative update for Internet Explorer. You will need to uninstall the update, then go back into Add/Remove Programs, look again for Microsoft Internet Explorer, repair it and then reinstall the latest cumulative update. If this doesn't work or you have no entry for Internet Explorer in Add/Remove Programs please post back and someone will hopefully post further details on how to repair Explorer. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail Matt wrote: I have only a blank pane showing when using the Folders view through the Explorer Bar (click View on menu bar then Explorer Bar then Folders--or click the Folders icon on toolbar). The other views do show (Search, Media, History, Favorites) but if I then go back to try the Folders view again, the other view (Search for example) still shows. What's up with that? The closest thing I found online is: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 but this article is the opposite issue (files/folders not showing in the right pane). |
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Folders not showing in left pane of Win Explorer
Mike,
Thank you very much! I did as you suggested and it works now. The one thing I forgot to mention was that the links for My Computer (when I'm in My Documents) and My Documents (when I'm in any subfolder) do not work. I figured that the problem was all related but your fix didn't fix this issue. This certainly isn't a big deal especially since you got back my Folders view but what's your take on the new issue. Thanks again. Matt -----Original Message----- Explorer's Folder View: This particular problem is often the result of a damaged IE (usually IE6) install, often as a result of doing so with Norton or McAfee running at the time. Yes I do realise you are talking about Windows Explorer rather than Internet Explorer but the two are linked. May I suggest that you try repairing IE. Do this using Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs and highlight Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Add/Remove and then on the next screen select "Repair Internet Explorer" and then OK. If you don't have an entry for Microsoft Internet Explorer but rather it reads something like Internet Explorer Q?????? don't worry. This is because you have installed a cumulative update for Internet Explorer. You will need to uninstall the update, then go back into Add/Remove Programs, look again for Microsoft Internet Explorer, repair it and then reinstall the latest cumulative update. If this doesn't work or you have no entry for Internet Explorer in Add/Remove Programs please post back and someone will hopefully post further details on how to repair Explorer. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail Matt wrote: I have only a blank pane showing when using the Folders view through the Explorer Bar (click View on menu bar then Explorer Bar then Folders--or click the Folders icon on toolbar). The other views do show (Search, Media, History, Favorites) but if I then go back to try the Folders view again, the other view (Search for example) still shows. What's up with that? The closest thing I found online is: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en- us;179875 but this article is the opposite issue (files/folders not showing in the right pane). . |
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