Folders missing in explorer

[Dustin]

When I open windows explorer, and the folders option, the
folders side stays blank. I can't figure out how to get
it to show the folders, c: drive, my computer, or any of
those.

 

[Justin]

Within Explorer try : View - Explorer Bar - Folders

 

[Cleverson]

I have the same problem. But the below solution does not
work to me. The folder do appear but the icon´s do not.
How can I fix this ???

 

[sremac]

Solution to the grey folder pane in explorer Win2K and XP

for the windows 2k and xp users with the problem of grey box folder in explorer:

1. open registry editor (start -> run -> in the box type regedit and press enter)
2. look for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and press + or click on it to expand
3. look for CLSID and then press + or click on it to expand
4. look for EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E and select it and delete all threads (could be more than one)
5. close registry editor
6. open notepad and copy and paste in it the text below

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}]
@="Explorer Band"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}\Implemented Categories]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}\Implemented Categories\{00021493-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
64,00,6f,00,63,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

7. click on File -> Save as and type as a name win2k.reg be careful to change Save as type from Text Documents (*.txt) to All Files

8. click on Save

9. from explorer double click on creted file win2k.reg and agree to include this to registry

10. restart Windows

That should be it!

The reason for this error is possible corrupted registry or usage of some registry cleaner software.
Anyway this should solve problems.
In case of any other issues feel free to contact me at (e-mail address removed)