Explorer pane acting up

[Andrei]

I have an annoying little problem on a WinXP SP1 system:
side panes in Internet and Windows Explorer (such as
Search, Folders) jump up as I resize them. I prepared a
little movie that demonstrates the problem and posted it
here in both AVI and QT formats:

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~andrei/pane-pain/

As you can see, as soon as I drag the vertical separator
between the 2 panes, the Folders pane jumps up and covers
a part of the toolbar above it, while leaving a blank
strip at the bottom. Turning the pane off and back on by
clicking on the Folder button twice fixes it.

This happens when the following conditions are all true:
* a Dualview setup with 2 monitors is used
* the Explorer window is maximized on the primary monitor
* the primary monitor is located to the right of the
secondary monitor (in Display Properties -> Settings)

The above seem to indicate that it is a vertical
coordinate problem when the pane is drawn.

I have tried the following without success:
* moving the toolbars around, locking and unlocking the
toolbars
* moving the primary monitor to the left of the secondary
one (fixed!) and back (broken again!)
* rebooting
* reinstalling IE6

I have further determined:
* the error is NOT propagated in the settings saved by
the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard"
* the error is propagated with the user's profile,
NTUSER.DAT, and thus AFAIK could be in the registry hive
HKEY_CURRENT_USER

All this makes me suspect that it is a corrupt value in
the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Does anyone know
which one that could be? Or is it something else
entirely? I'm trying to fix this little annoyance without
trashing my profile if possible.


Andrei State
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

1- What vcard driver u using?
2-What happens if u drag Explorer window to its near
maximum but not maximized on the primary monitor?

Larry

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 00:22:25 -0700, "Andrei"

|
|I have an annoying little problem on a WinXP SP1 system:
|side panes in Internet and Windows Explorer (such as
|Search, Folders) jump up as I resize them. I prepared a
|little movie that demonstrates the problem and posted it
|here in both AVI and QT formats:
|
|http://www.cs.unc.edu/~andrei/pane-pain/
|
|As you can see, as soon as I drag the vertical separator
|between the 2 panes, the Folders pane jumps up and covers
|a part of the toolbar above it, while leaving a blank
|strip at the bottom. Turning the pane off and back on by
|clicking on the Folder button twice fixes it.
|
|This happens when the following conditions are all true:
|* a Dualview setup with 2 monitors is used
|* the Explorer window is maximized on the primary monitor
|* the primary monitor is located to the right of the
|secondary monitor (in Display Properties -> Settings)
|
|The above seem to indicate that it is a vertical
|coordinate problem when the pane is drawn.
|
|I have tried the following without success:
|* moving the toolbars around, locking and unlocking the
|toolbars
|* moving the primary monitor to the left of the secondary
|one (fixed!) and back (broken again!)
|* rebooting
|* reinstalling IE6
|
|I have further determined:
|* the error is NOT propagated in the settings saved by
|the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard"
|* the error is propagated with the user's profile,
|NTUSER.DAT, and thus AFAIK could be in the registry hive
|HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|
|All this makes me suspect that it is a corrupt value in
|the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Does anyone know
|which one that could be? Or is it something else
|entirely? I'm trying to fix this little annoyance without
|trashing my profile if possible.
|
|
|Andrei State
|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Guest]

I'm using nVIDIA 52.16, but I haven't modified those in
months. If I try to resize explorer to exactly the size
of the primary window, then I can see it happen as well,
but only for a fraction of a second, after which it fixes
itself, without having to click on Folders twice (maybe
I'm off by a pixel). BTW, my problem is independent of
the screen resolution (640x480, 800x600, 1376x1032, etc.).

Andrei

-----Original Message-----
1- What vcard driver u using?
2-What happens if u drag Explorer window to its near
maximum but not maximized on the primary monitor?

Larry

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 00:22:25 -0700, "Andrei"

|
|I have an annoying little problem on a WinXP SP1 system:
|side panes in Internet and Windows Explorer (such as
|Search, Folders) jump up as I resize them. I prepared a
|little movie that demonstrates the problem and posted it
|here in both AVI and QT formats:
|
|http://www.cs.unc.edu/~andrei/pane-pain/
|
|As you can see, as soon as I drag the vertical separator
|between the 2 panes, the Folders pane jumps up and covers
|a part of the toolbar above it, while leaving a blank
|strip at the bottom. Turning the pane off and back on by
|clicking on the Folder button twice fixes it.
|
|This happens when the following conditions are all true:
|* a Dualview setup with 2 monitors is used
|* the Explorer window is maximized on the primary monitor
|* the primary monitor is located to the right of the
|secondary monitor (in Display Properties -> Settings)
|
|The above seem to indicate that it is a vertical
|coordinate problem when the pane is drawn.
|
|I have tried the following without success:
|* moving the toolbars around, locking and unlocking the
|toolbars
|* moving the primary monitor to the left of the secondary
|one (fixed!) and back (broken again!)
|* rebooting
|* reinstalling IE6
|
|I have further determined:
|* the error is NOT propagated in the settings saved by
|the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard"
|* the error is propagated with the user's profile,
|NTUSER.DAT, and thus AFAIK could be in the registry hive
|HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|
|All this makes me suspect that it is a corrupt value in
|the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Does anyone know
|which one that could be? Or is it something else
|entirely? I'm trying to fix this little annoyance without
|trashing my profile if possible.
|
|
|Andrei State
|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have

received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC.
GOOD LUCK.

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:34:21 -0700,
Greetings,
|
|I'm using nVIDIA 52.16, but I haven't modified those in
|months.
I have 52.16 too. I started with 30 so they change
frequenty & always for the better!
| If I try to resize explorer to exactly the size
|of the primary window, then I can see it happen as well,
|but only for a fraction of a second, after which it fixes
|itself, without having to click on Folders twice (maybe
|I'm off by a pixel).
So u have a classic 'MS workaround'
Going 4 a solution, I would try these steps:
1- in Control Panel > NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager >
Applcatons , pick Explorer then Remove. It comes back
with Default settings & this worked 1x 4 me when all
else failed.
2- Post to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia These
ppl r essentially Tech Supt 4 nVidia.
3-Install latest driver but be SURE to define a
profile for ur nVidia settings and SAVE it to a
different location B4 updating so u retain all
settings. Ask alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia how 2
do it cause I wont be here much longer!
4- Gregorian chants help when doing 1-3

HTH-Larry
Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Kelly]

Start your troubleshooting from this info where needed:

 

[Andrei]

Hi Larry, I tried your suggestion with the nView profile
and that put me on the right track! As a matter of fact,
I didn't even have Explorer in my nView Desktop profile as
an app. Nevertheless I added it in and deleted it like
you suggested, but the problem persisted. But it went
away when I disabled the nView Desktop Manager
altogether. So I just killed the nView profile and made a
new one (I was only worried about having to trash my
Windows profile, the nView one is not a big deal to
recreate). Thanks.

Andrei

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 01:35:52 -0700, "Andrei"

|
|Hi Larry, I tried your suggestion with the nView profile
|and that put me on the right track! As a matter of fact,
|I didn't even have Explorer in my nView Desktop profile as
|an app.

Strange cause I have every app listed. Maybe because of
some setting in the 40+ tabs of this MONSTER.

| Nevertheless I added it in and deleted it like
|you suggested, but the problem persisted. But it went
|away when I disabled the nView Desktop Manager
|altogether. So I just killed the nView profile and made a
|new one (I was only worried about having to trash my
|Windows profile, the nView one is not a big deal to
|recreate). Thanks.
|
Glad 2 have gotten u on right path. Larry

Any advise is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.