All folders pane stops refreshing right pane

[Ben Bazian]

I have two computers basically doing the same thing. Launch Windows
Explorer and have the folders pane visible. Navigation works for a while
and then just stops. Explorer is still functional. I can more around
folders just cannot use the left pane (all folders pane) to navigate. Clost
Explorer and reopen and all is fine.

I also have an external USB drive. If I copy from the IDE internal drive to
the USB drive and then try to go back to the c: drive via the all folders
pane I get the same reults buy I can use the up navigation and the right
pane to continue to work.

Has anyone seen this before. It is driving me crazy.

-Ben

 

[Kelly]

Interesting, Ben. Try the edit on line 157
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Ben Bazian]

No go. I copy a single file from any of my USB storage devices and I can no
longer use the left pane to navigate. This is a weird one. I would have
thought that there was an issue with the USB if not for thr fact that I have
another machine that has a similar problem without any USB storage devices.

What stumps me is that there have to be others out there having this issue.
I run nothing special. Only commonality of the two machines is that they
are Dell.

Any other suggestions?

 

[Kelly]

Do some reading here, Ben and good luck! http://tinyurl.com/2x8hf

 

[Ben Bazian]

Actually, you are a genius. Your registry patch did seem to fix it. Needed
to reboot. Should have known that. I have been looking for a fix for the
better part of a year on my other computer. It fixed on my home computer so
will try on my office computer later today

Thanks!!

 

[Kelly]

Great, glad to hear it Ben and thanks for the feedback and kind words. Keep
us posted on the other system and good luck! )

 

[Ben Bazian]

I actually spoke too soon. It seems to fix the problem whereas the
immediate stop of refresh after copying to a USB storage device. I still
have it go "south" intermittently. I will start reading some of the links
you sent me.

Thanks

 

[Kelly]

Hmm, good luck Ben!

 

[Bill Drake]

Mysterious inability to expand left-pane folder structures is known to occur
if you have more than 100 subfolders off a target folder and you are using
a Windows Explorer shortcut to auto-expand a specified target subfolder.

See my Post entitled: "Expand disabled in Explorer and XP" in the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
newsgroup.


Up until recently, the above Windows limitation has not been significant
because few people have more than 100 subfolders off a target folder.

However, with the proliferation of Music devices with large amounts of
memory, more and more people are cataloguing their music albums by
subfolder structures on their music devices -- so seeing more than 100
subfolders is becoming more common.


If you do run into the abovementioned limitation, try making genre-folders
for your music and splitting the folder structure so you have a smaller
number of subfolders in each genre-folder. If this magically solves your
problem, then it pretty well proves you're having the problem mentioned
above.


Hope this helps.


Best I can do for now. <tm>


Bill

 

[Ben Bazian]

This is not the case in my situation. As a matter of fact, if I leave
explorer up for a while I get "funky" looking icons in the left pane. If
possible I would post a screen print here.