Spurious folder expansion signs [+] in XP Explorer

[Will G]

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 running XP Home, SP1

In Windows XP Explorer, dragging a file from one folder to a folder which
has no subfolders will cause a spurious folder expansion sign [+] to appear
beside the dragged-to folder. That is, the [+] will appear even though the
folder has in fact no subfolders. The spurious [+] can be chased away by
collapsing and re-expanding the parent folder or by doing a View-Refresh.
But the [+] should never have appeared in the first place.

Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks.

--Will

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Will;

I have had the spurious expansion [+] appear in *both* XP
Home and Pro. Yes, it's annoying! So far I've just chalked
it up as one more goofy XP deal.

I am curious if there is a fix. I've not run across one. :-(

 

[Will G]

Wes,

Thanks for the reply. It's always reassuring to know that's one's system is
not *uniquely* screwed up!

--Will

Will;

I have had the spurious expansion [+] appear in *both* XP
Home and Pro. Yes, it's annoying! So far I've just chalked
it up as one more goofy XP deal.

I am curious if there is a fix. I've not run across one. :-(

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 running XP Home, SP1

In Windows XP Explorer, dragging a file from one folder to a folder
which has no subfolders will cause a spurious folder expansion sign
[+] to appear beside the dragged-to folder. That is, the [+] will
appear even though the folder has in fact no subfolders. The spurious
[+] can be chased away by collapsing and re-expanding the parent
folder or by doing a View-Refresh. But the [+] should never have
appeared in the first place.

Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks.

--Will

 

[Wesley Vogel]

<LOL>
Yepper.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Wes,

Thanks for the reply. It's always reassuring to know that's one's
system is not *uniquely* screwed up!

--Will

Will;

I have had the spurious expansion [+] appear in *both* XP
Home and Pro. Yes, it's annoying! So far I've just chalked
it up as one more goofy XP deal.

I am curious if there is a fix. I've not run across one. :-(

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 running XP Home, SP1

In Windows XP Explorer, dragging a file from one folder to a folder
which has no subfolders will cause a spurious folder expansion sign
[+] to appear beside the dragged-to folder. That is, the [+] will
appear even though the folder has in fact no subfolders. The
spurious [+] can be chased away by collapsing and re-expanding the
parent folder or by doing a View-Refresh. But the [+] should never
have appeared in the first place.

Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks.

--Will