Can't prevent "Folders" pane from appearing by default

A

Acme

Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder. I have hunted
high and low and am now admitting defeat. Does anyone know how to make this
pane stop appearing everytime I open a window? It even reappears if I close
it and then click to open a subfolder under the one I'm currently viewing.

If you don't know the Folder pane I'm talking about, open a folder and then
check the box next to "View" -- "Explorer Bar" -- "Folders" to see what it
looks like.

Any ideas? I feel like I've tried all the obvious stuff, but I'm open to
anything.

TIA...
 
R

Ramesh

Click Start | Run and type "regsvr32 /i shell32" and press Enter

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Ramesh
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Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder. I have hunted
high and low and am now admitting defeat. Does anyone know how to make this
pane stop appearing everytime I open a window? It even reappears if I close
it and then click to open a subfolder under the one I'm currently viewing.

If you don't know the Folder pane I'm talking about, open a folder and then
check the box next to "View" -- "Explorer Bar" -- "Folders" to see what it
looks like.

Any ideas? I feel like I've tried all the obvious stuff, but I'm open to
anything.

TIA...
 
R

Ramesh

If this fails, "folder" registry fix may be required.

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Click Start | Run and type "regsvr32 /i shell32" and press Enter

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder. I have hunted
high and low and am now admitting defeat. Does anyone know how to make this
pane stop appearing everytime I open a window? It even reappears if I close
it and then click to open a subfolder under the one I'm currently viewing.

If you don't know the Folder pane I'm talking about, open a folder and then
check the box next to "View" -- "Explorer Bar" -- "Folders" to see what it
looks like.

Any ideas? I feel like I've tried all the obvious stuff, but I'm open to
anything.

TIA...
 
A

Acme

Ramesh,

Thanks for your replies. The regsvr32 /i shell32 didn't change it. What's
the folder reg hack? I've tried a number of other reg fixes and haven't been
successful yet. I'm about to rebuild the thing but that seems a silly waste
of time just because this one problem annoys me.



If this fails, "folder" registry fix may be required.

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Click Start | Run and type "regsvr32 /i shell32" and press Enter

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder. I have hunted
high and low and am now admitting defeat. Does anyone know how to make this
pane stop appearing everytime I open a window? It even reappears if I close
it and then click to open a subfolder under the one I'm currently viewing.

If you don't know the Folder pane I'm talking about, open a folder and then
check the box next to "View" -- "Explorer Bar" -- "Folders" to see what it
looks like.

Any ideas? I feel like I've tried all the obvious stuff, but I'm open to
anything.

TIA...
 
R

Ramesh

Hi,

Right-click a folder and see the options (which is set a default). Select
"Open" to open a folder without explorer bars. Select "explorer" to open
with folder bar in the left.

Download the folder asso. fix from here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/folder_reg.zip

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

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Ramesh,

Thanks for your replies. The regsvr32 /i shell32 didn't change it. What's
the folder reg hack? I've tried a number of other reg fixes and haven't been
successful yet. I'm about to rebuild the thing but that seems a silly waste
of time just because this one problem annoys me.



If this fails, "folder" registry fix may be required.

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Click Start | Run and type "regsvr32 /i shell32" and press Enter

--
Regards,
Ramesh
AOL: SRamesh2k

«·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·»
«.............. Ramesh ...............»
«·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·»

~ Please reply to newsgroup ~


Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder. I have hunted
high and low and am now admitting defeat. Does anyone know how to make this
pane stop appearing everytime I open a window? It even reappears if I close
it and then click to open a subfolder under the one I'm currently viewing.

If you don't know the Folder pane I'm talking about, open a folder and then
check the box next to "View" -- "Explorer Bar" -- "Folders" to see what it
looks like.

Any ideas? I feel like I've tried all the obvious stuff, but I'm open to
anything.

TIA...
 
M

Maureen Goldman

Acme said:
Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder
Click to expand...

control panel \ folder options \ file types\ folder
advanced button
set the default as open rather than explore
okay your way out.
 
A

Acme

*deep sigh of relief* -- Thank you, thank you, thank you. That was it.


Maureen Goldman said:
Somehow/somewhere/sometime I must have hit a button or switch to cause the
Folder pane to appear by default whenever I open a folder
Click to expand...

control panel \ folder options \ file types\ folder
advanced button
set the default as open rather than explore
okay your way out.
 

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