Re: Explorer problem

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Simple Folder View FriendlyTree

Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
View tab | Select: Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list |
Click Apply | Click OK

Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list
[[Click a folder in Windows Explorer to automatically display its contents
as well as all subfolders within that folder. All other folders are
automatically closed when a different folder is clicked. Click the plus or
minus sign to hide or display other folders and their contents, without
closing previously opened folders.]]

[[SUMMARY
In Microsoft Windows Explorer on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, the
following behavior occurs under the new Simple Folder view:
• When you click a folder in the Folders pane, it is automatically expanded
to show its subfolders.
• When you click a folder in the Folders pane, other expanded folders are
automatically closed.
• The dotted lines that normally connect the folders
and drives are not displayed.

MORE INFORMATION
To disable Simple Folder view in Windows Explorer, follow these steps:
1. In Windows Explorer, click Folder Options on the Tools menu.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Click to clear the Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list
check box.
4. Click OK. ]]

Description of Simple Folder View in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282002

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:ezq2Ov2%23FHA.912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Robert Meek <rmeek1@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> On my old system which just got stolen, I had Explorer windows set up
> so that they used the classic look with folders on the side and files on
> the other side. The folders in the left-hand pane that have little +
> signs next to them could then be expanded to display any sub-folders
> beneath them. Now on my new system, also running WinXP SP2, I can set
> up the explorer view exactly the same but clicking on the + signs do not
> open up and display it's sub-folders! How can I get them to open
> correctly?

.

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